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Korea's online gaming empire / Dal Yong Jin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jin, Dal Yong, 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Video games--Social aspects--Korea (South).
- Video games.
- Video games--Economic aspects--Korea (South).
- Video games industry--Korea (South)--History.
- Video games industry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- I Political Economy of the Online Game Industry
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Sociocultural Interpretations of Digital Korea
- 3 Political Economy of the Korean Online Game Industry
- II Game, Culture, and Digital Economy
- 4 eSports and Television Business in the Digital Economy
- 5 Professional Online Game Players as New Media Workers
- 6 Online Game Fans
- III Globalization and Game Empire
- 7 Adventure of Local Online Games toward Globalization
- 8 From the Cottage Industry to Transnational Media Giants
- Notes
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-28896-6
- 1-282-89922-8
- 9786612899225
- 0-262-28951-2
- OCLC:
- 699488891
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