New media for social change: Globalisation and the online gaming industries of South Korea and Singapore

Science, Technology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 303-323

  Peichi, Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; GLOBALIZATION; MEDIA ROLE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; POLITICS; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTH KOREA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 58149305820     PISSN: 09717218     EISSN: 09730796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097172180801300207     Document Type: Article

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