The game of being mobile: One media history of gaming and mobile technologies in Asia-Pacific

Convergence

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 369-381

  Hjorth, Larissa ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific; Cute culture; Gender; Kawaii (cute); Mobile gaming; New media

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349106077     PISSN: 13548565     EISSN: 17487382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354856507081955     Document Type: Article

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