gaming-cultures-and-place-in-asia-pacific

Download gaming-cultures-and-place-in-asia-pacific full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online gaming-cultures-and-place-in-asia-pacific ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Gaming Cultures and Place in Asia-Pacific

Author : Larissa Hjorth
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135843171
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Gaming Cultures and Place in Asia-Pacific by : Larissa Hjorth

Download or read book Gaming Cultures and Place in Asia-Pacific written by Larissa Hjorth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-06-24 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection explores the relationship between digital gaming and its cultural context by focusing on the burgeoning Asia-Pacific region. Encompassing key locations for global gaming production and consumption such as Japan, China, and South Korea, as well as increasingly significant sites including Australia and Singapore, the region provides a wealth of divergent examples of the role of gaming as a socio-cultural phenomenon. Drawing from micro ethnographic studies of specific games and gaming locales to macro political economy analyses of techno-nationalisms and trans-cultural flows, this collection provides an interdisciplinary model for thinking through the politics of gaming production, representation, and consumption in the region.

Esports in the Asia-Pacific

Author : Filippo Gilardi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819937965
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (199 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Esports in the Asia-Pacific by : Filippo Gilardi

Download or read book Esports in the Asia-Pacific written by Filippo Gilardi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an edited book that fills a gap in knowledge by providing a comprehensive view of esports practice from the Asia and Pacific region. The volume looks at the development of esports through the interconnections between institutions, industries, players, and society, across the Asia-Pacific. Over the last two decades, the Asia-Pacific region has been central to the growth and development of esports. The value of this book lies in its ability to provide a view of esport from countries that are currently underrepresented in the literature such as Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines and Australia while still integrating chapters looking at more well-researched countries such as China, Korea, and Japan. Through its diverse case studies, the book serves as a resource for scholars and educators worldwide who seek diverse examples with which to improve understanding of the esports phenomenon and the inclusiveness of media and communication curricula. chapters “Introduction to Esports in the Asia-Pacific” and “Conclusions to Esports in the Asia–Pacific” are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Online at Asia Pacific

Author : Larissa Hjorth
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415672163
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (156 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Online at Asia Pacific by : Larissa Hjorth

Download or read book Online at Asia Pacific written by Larissa Hjorth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Locating intimacies of place and gender (Seoul) -- Spectres of mobile intimacy : mobile media in crisis management of 3.11 (Tokyo) -- The place of intimate visualities : Ba ling hou, LBS and camera phones (Shanghai) -- Intimate distance : sociality and identity in the face of diaspora (Manila) -- Generations, mobile intimacy and political affect (Singapore) -- The place of the domestic : smartphones, women and labour (Melbourne) -- Intimate publics, communities and networks in an age of mobile social media -- Topographies of the intimate : mobile publics in the Asia-Pacific -- Emplaced presences : visual cultures of embodied intimacies -- Conclusion : intimacies of the social, mobile and local.

Routledge Handbook of New Media in Asia

Author : Larissa Hjorth
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317684982
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Routledge Handbook of New Media in Asia by : Larissa Hjorth

Download or read book Routledge Handbook of New Media in Asia written by Larissa Hjorth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While a decade ago much of the discussion of new media in Asia was couched in Occidental notions of Asia as a "default setting" for technology in the future, today we are seeing a much more complex picture of contesting new media practices and production. As "new media" becomes increasingly an everyday reality for young and old across Asia through smartphones and associated devices, boundaries between art, new media, and the everyday are transformed. This Handbook addresses the historical, social, cultural, political, philosophical, artistic and economic dimensions of the region’s new media. Through an interdisciplinary revision of both "new media" and "Asia" the contributors provide new insights into the complex and contesting terrains of both notions. The Routledge Handbook of New Media in Asia will be the definitive publication for readers interested in comprehending all the various aspects of new media in Asia. It provides an authoritative, up-to-date, intellectually broad, conceptually cutting-edge guide to the important aspects of new media in the region — as the first point of consultation for researchers, advanced level undergraduate and postgraduate students in fields of new media and Asian studies.

Mobile Gaming in Asia

Author : Dal Yong Jin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9402408266
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (24 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Mobile Gaming in Asia by : Dal Yong Jin

Download or read book Mobile Gaming in Asia written by Dal Yong Jin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-29 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes mobile gaming in the Asian context and looks into a hitherto neglected focus of inquiry – a localized mobile landscape, with particular reference to young Asians’ engagement with mobile gaming. This edition focuses not only on the remarkable success of local mobile games, but also on the significance of social milieu in the development of Asian mobile technologies and gaming culture. It analyzes the growth of the current mobile technologies and mobile gaming not as separate but as continuous developments in tandem with the digital economy. It is of interest to both academics and a broader readership from the business, government, and information technology sectors

Communication, Digital Media, and Popular Culture in Korea

Author : Dal Yong Jin
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498562043
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Communication, Digital Media, and Popular Culture in Korea by : Dal Yong Jin

Download or read book Communication, Digital Media, and Popular Culture in Korea written by Dal Yong Jin and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades, Korean communication and media have substantially grown to become some of the most significant segments of Korean society. Since the early 1990s, Korea has experienced several distinctive changes in its politics, economy, and technology, which are directly related to the development of local media and culture. Korea has greatly developed several cutting-edge technologies, such as smartphones, video games, and mobile instant messengers to become the most networked society throughout the world. As the Korean Wave exemplifies, the once small and peripheral Korea has also created several unique local popular cultures, including television programs, movies, and popular music, known as K-pop, and these products have penetrated many parts of the world. As Korean media and popular culture have rapidly grown, the number of media scholars and topics covering these areas in academic discourses has increased. These scholars’ interests have expanded from traditional media, such as Korean journalism and cinema, to several new cutting-edge areas, like digital technologies, health communication, and LGBT-related issues. In celebrating the Korean American Communication Association’s fortieth anniversary in 2018, this book documents and historicizes the growth of growing scholarship in the realm of Korean media and communication.

Video Games and the Global South

Author : Phillip Penix-Tadsen
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0359641393
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (596 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Video Games and the Global South by : Phillip Penix-Tadsen

Download or read book Video Games and the Global South written by Phillip Penix-Tadsen and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-05-17 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Video Games and the Global South redefines games and game culture from south to north, analyzing the cultural impact of video games, the growth of game development and the vitality of game cultures across Africa, the Middle East, Central and South America, the Indian subcontinent, Oceania and Asia.

Asian Popular Culture

Author : John A. Lent
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0739179616
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Asian Popular Culture by : John A. Lent

Download or read book Asian Popular Culture written by John A. Lent and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asian Popular Culture: New, Hybrid, and Alternate Media, edited by John A. Lent and Lorna Fitzsimmons, is an interdisciplinary study of popular culture practices in Asia, including regional and national studies of Japan, China, South Korea, and Australia. The contributors explore the evolution and intersection of popular forms (gaming, manga, anime, film, music, fiction, YouTube videos) and explicate the changing cultural meanings of these media in historical and contemporary contexts. At this study's core are the roles popular culture plays in the construction of national and regional identity. Common themes in this text include the impact of new information technology, whether it be on gaming in East Asia, music in 1960s' Japan, or candlelight vigils in South Korea; hybridity, of old and new versions of the Chinese game Weiqi, of online and hand-held gaming in South Korea and Japan that developed localized expressions, or of United States culture transplanted to Japan in post-World War II, leading to the current otaku (fan boy) culture; and the roles that nationalism and grassroots and alternative media of expression play in contemporary Asian popular culture. This is an essential study in understanding the role of popular culture in Asia's national and regional identity.

Mapping Digital Game Culture in China

Author : Marcella Szablewicz
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303036111X
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Mapping Digital Game Culture in China by : Marcella Szablewicz

Download or read book Mapping Digital Game Culture in China written by Marcella Szablewicz and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Marcella Szablewicz traces what she calls the topography of digital game culture in urban China, drawing our attention to discourse and affect as they shape the popular imaginary surrounding digital games. Szablewicz argues that games are not mere sites of escape from Real Life, but rather locations around which dominant notions about failure, success, and socioeconomic mobility are actively processed and challenged. Covering a range of issues including nostalgia for Internet cafés as sites of youth sociality, the media-driven Internet addiction moral panic, the professionalization of e-sports, and the rise of the self-proclaimed loser (diaosi), Mapping Digital Game Culture in China uses games as a lens onto youth culture and the politics of everyday life in contemporary China. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2009 and 2015 and first-hand observations spanning over two decades, the book is also a social history of urban China’s shifting technological landscape.

Global Game Industries and Cultural Policy

Author : Anthony Fung
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319407600
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Global Game Industries and Cultural Policy by : Anthony Fung

Download or read book Global Game Industries and Cultural Policy written by Anthony Fung and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book that sheds light on global game industries and cultural policy. The scope covers the emerging and converging theory and models on cultural industries and its development, and their connection to national cultural policy and globalization. The primary focus of the book is on Asian cultural policy and industries while there are implicit comparisons throughout the book to compare Asia to other global markets. This book is aimed at advanced undergraduates, graduate students and faculty members in programs addressing cultural policy and digital games. It will also be of interest to those within the cultural policy community and to digital games professionals.

Games and Gaming

Author : Larissa Hjorth
Publisher : Berg
ISBN 13 : 1847888399
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Games and Gaming by : Larissa Hjorth

Download or read book Games and Gaming written by Larissa Hjorth and published by Berg. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The computer games industry has rapidly matured. Once a preoccupation only of young technophiles, games are now one of the dominant forms of global popular culture. From consoles such as Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox to platforms such as iPhones and online gaming worlds, the realm of games and their scope has become all-pervasive. The study of games is no longer a niche interest but rather an integral part of cultural and media studies. The analysis of games reveals much about contemporary social relations, online communities and media engagement. Presenting a range of approaches and analytical tools through which to explore the role of games in everyday life, and packed with case material, Games and Gaming provides a comprehensive overview of this new media and how it permeates global culture in the twenty-first century.

Digital Game Culture in Korea

Author : Florence M. Chee
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793601402
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Digital Game Culture in Korea by : Florence M. Chee

Download or read book Digital Game Culture in Korea written by Florence M. Chee and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a critical ethnographic investigation of media discourses surrounding online game addiction and the sociocultural roles fulfilled by games in everyday life. Focusing on Korea's sociohistorical and technocultural context, this work celebrates and recognizes the foundational role of Korean game culture in shaping global games and play.

Understanding Games and Game Cultures

Author : Ingrid Richardson
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1529736730
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (297 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Understanding Games and Game Cultures by : Ingrid Richardson

Download or read book Understanding Games and Game Cultures written by Ingrid Richardson and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2021-03-24 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No longer a marginal media form, the study of digital game industries and ‘gameification’ is more popular than ever. Hjorth and Richardson bring you Understanding Games and Gaming Culture; the must-read guide to global games studies. Giving students the tools to conceptually navigate contemporary game studies, this book examines game development, audience and profit in the context of contemporary global debates and media.

Global Games

Author : Aphra Kerr
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 113511451X
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Global Games by : Aphra Kerr

Download or read book Global Games written by Aphra Kerr and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last decade our mobile phones have been infiltrated by angry birds, our computers by leagues of legends and our social networks by pleas for help down on the farm. As digital games have become networked, mobile and casual they have become a pervasive cultural form. Based on original empirical work, including interviews with workers, virtual ethnographies in online games and analysis of industry related documents, Global Games provides a political, economic and sociological analysis of the growth and restructuring of the digital games industry over the past decade. Situating the games industry as both cultural and creative and examining the relative growth of console, PC, online and mobile, Aphra Kerr analyses the core production logics in the industry, and the expansion of circulation processes as game services have developed. In an industry dominated by North American and Japanese companies, Kerr explores the recent success of companies from China and Europe, and the emergent spatial politics as countries, cities, companies and communities compete to reshape digital games in the networked age.

Fifty Key Video Games

Author : Bernard Perron
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000596230
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Fifty Key Video Games by : Bernard Perron

Download or read book Fifty Key Video Games written by Bernard Perron and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-26 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines fifty of the most important video games that have contributed significantly to the history, development, or culture of the medium, providing an overview of video games from their beginning to the present day. This volume covers a variety of historical periods and platforms, genres, commercial impact, artistic choices, contexts of play, typical and atypical representations, uses of games for specific purposes, uses of materials or techniques, specific subcultures, repurposing, transgressive aesthetics, interfaces, moral or ethical impact, and more. Key video games featured include Animal Crossing, Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto, The Legend of Zelda, Minecraft, PONG, Super Mario Bros., Tetris, and World of Warcraft. Each game is closely analyzed in order to properly contextualize it, to emphasize its prominent features, to show how it creates a unique experience of gameplay, and to outline the ways it might speak about society and culture. The book also acts as a highly accessible showcase to a range of disciplinary perspectives that are found and practiced in the field of game studies. With each entry supplemented by references and suggestions for further reading, Fifty Key Video Games is an indispensable reference for anyone interested in video games.

Minor Platforms in Videogame History

Author : Benjamin Nicoll
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
ISBN 13 : 9048540305
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (485 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Minor Platforms in Videogame History by : Benjamin Nicoll

Download or read book Minor Platforms in Videogame History written by Benjamin Nicoll and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-06 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Videogame history is not just a history of one successful technology replacing the next. It is also a history of platforms and communities that never quite made it; that struggled to make their voices heard; that aggravated against the conventions of the day; and that never enjoyed the commercial success or recognition of their major counterparts. In *Minor Platforms in Videogame History*, Benjamin Nicoll argues that 'minor' videogame histories are anything but insignificant. Through an analysis of transitional, decolonial, imaginary, residual, and minor videogame platforms, Nicoll highlights moments of difference and discontinuity in videogame history. From the domestication of vector graphics in the early years of videogame consoles to the 'cloning' of Japanese computer games in South Korea in the 1980s, this book explores case studies that challenge taken-for-granted approaches to videogames, platforms, and their histories.

Smartland Korea

Author : Dal Yong Jin
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 047205337X
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Smartland Korea by : Dal Yong Jin

Download or read book Smartland Korea written by Dal Yong Jin and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging and comprehensive look at the Korean smartphone industry and culture