Political economy of the online game industry. Introduction ; Sociocultural interpretations of digital Korea ; Political economy of the Korean online game industry -- Game, culture, and digital economy. eSports and television business in the digital economy ; Professional online game players as new media workers ; Online game fans: new audience commodities in the new media era? -- Globalization and game empire. Adventure of local online games toward globalization ; From the cottage industry to transnational media giants.
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Summary
Dal Yong Jin examines the rapid growth of the Korean online game industry from the perspective of political economy, discussing it in social, cultural and economic contexts.