Age of new media empires: A critical interpretation of the Korean online game industry

Games and Culture

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-58

  Jin, Dal Yong ^a   Chee, Florence ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Korea; Online games; Policy; Political economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749142156     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412007309528     Document Type: Article

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