VIDEO GAMES IN EAST ASIA: TRANSNATIONAL CONTEXTS OF DEVELOPMENT HISTORY, SOCIALITY, AND SOCIETY OF PLAY

Akiyo Shoun, Akiko Shibuya, Alexis Pulos, Arielle Goldberg, Bryan Hikari Hartzheim, Claire Shinhea Lee, Hogeun Seo, Hongsik Yu, Mariko Koizumi, Mizuha Teramoto, S. Austin Lee, Sara Liao

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This book examines the historical background of game development, offline and online gamer interactions, and presents a method to study the health impacts of digital games in East Asia.

Focusing on examinations of how video games shape external interactions with the world as well as internal spaces, Lee and Pulos' volume brings together a range of approaches and regions to understand the impact of video games in East Asia and beyond. Contributions range from assessments of Nintendo's lasting technological impact in Japan and globally to analyses of mobile social gaming among teenage girls in Korea, with qualitative and quantitative methodologies set in contact with one another to offer a full spectrum of perspectives on video gaming and its profound cultural impact.

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PUBLICATION DETAILS

LANGUAGE	BINDING	EDITION	ISBN	YEAR	PAGES
English	Hardcover	1st Edition	9783319438191	2017	243
English	Paperback	1st Edition	9783319829180	2018	243
English	eBook	1st Edition	9783319438207	2017	243

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Transnational Contexts of Development History, Sociality, and Society of Play: Video Games in East Asia

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