Mobile Gaming in Asia

Part I. Emergence of Asian Mobile Games

1. The Emergence of Asian Mobile Games: Definitions, Industries, and Trajectories
Dal Yong Jin

2. Games of Being Mobile: The Unruly Rise of Mobile Gaming in Japan
Larissa Hjorth, Ingrid Richardson

3. The Asian Mobile Gaming Marketplace: Context, Opportunities and Barriers
Michael Borowy

Part II. Mobile Game Politics and Digital Economy

4. Mobile Game Regulation in South Korea: A Case Study of the Shutdown Law

Yoonmo Sang, Sora Park, Hogeun Seo

5. Mobilizing Games, Disrupting Culture: Digital Gaming in South Korea
Stephen C. Rea

6. The Impact of the Rise of Mobile Games on the Creativity and Structure of the Games Industry in China
Anthony Fung

Part III. Mobile Gaming and Youth Culture

7. The Gamification of Mobile Communication in Seoul, South Korea
Kyong Yoon, Dal Yong Jin

8. Internet Game Addiction in East Asia: Challenges & Opportunities
Jae Sik Ha

9. Mobile Games in China: Development and Current Status
Xianhui Che, Barry Ip

10. Mobile Games in China: Ongoing Industry Transformations, Emerging Game Genres, and Evolving Player Dynamics
Zixue Tai, Fengbin Hu

Part IV. Social Gaming, Use, and Consumers

11. Chinese Consumers’ Perception of Social Game: A Phenomenological Study
Huan Chen

12. Toward Individualistic Cooperative Play: A Systematic Analysis of Mobile Social Games in Japan
Akiko Shibuya, Mizuha Teramoto, Akiyo Shoun

13. Comparison of Korean and Chinese Adolescents’ Online Games Use Including Mobile Games
Changho Lee

14. Erratum: Chapter 12 Toward Individualistic Cooperative Play: A Systematic Analysis of Mobile Social Games in Japan
Akiko Shibuya, Mizuha Teramoto, Akiyo Shoun

Keywords: Social Sciences, Communication Studies