# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mizuko-ito
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:56:21.566Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mizuko-ito"
name: "Mizuko Ito"
slug: "mizuko-ito"
description: "Mizuko Itō, sometimes known as Mimi Ito , is a Japanese cultural anthropologist and learning scientist. She is Professor in Residence and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair in Digital Media and Learning, and Director of the Connected Learning Lab in the Department of Informatics, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Her main professional interest is young people's use of media technology. She has explored the ways in which digital media are changing relationships, identities, and communities."
tagline: "Japanese cultural anthropologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mizuko_Ito%2C_2023_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1968-07-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.43
  momentum:             3.75
  historical:           5.707454666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/mizuko-ito-17b2/"
    handle:    "mizuko-ito-17b2"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizuko_It%C5%8D"
    title: "Mizuko Itō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "ميزوكو ايتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizuko_Ito"
    title: "Mizuko Ito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BC%8A%E8%97%A4%E7%91%9E%E5%AD%90"
    title: "伊藤瑞子"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizuko_Ito"
    title: "Mizuko Ito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizuko_It%C5%8D"
    title: "Mizuko Itō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3859651"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump