Korea's online gaming empire

Dal Yong Jin examines the rapid growth of the Korean online game industry from the perspective of political economy, discussing it in social, cultural & economic contexts.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Jin, Dal Yong, 1964-
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2010.
Subjects
Internet games > Social aspects > Korea (South)
Internet games > Economic aspects > Korea (South)
Video games industry > Korea (South) > History.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780262289511
Physical Description1 online zdroj (195 p.) : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • Political economy of the online game industry. Introduction ; Sociocultural interpretations of digital Korea ; Political economy of the Korean online game industry
  • Game, culture, and digital economy. eSports and television business in the digital economy ; Professional online game players as new media workers ; Online game fans: new audience commodities in the new media era?
  • Globalization and game empire. Adventure of local online games toward globalization ; From the cottage industry to transnational media giants.

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