Mobile Gaming in Asia

Part I: Emergence of Asian Mobile Games.- 1: The Emergence of Asian Mobile Games: Definitions, Industries, and Trajectories.- 2: Games of Being Mobile: The Unruly Rise of Mobile Gaming in Japan.- 3: The Asian Mobile Gaming Marketplace: Context, Opportunities and Barriers.- Part II: Mobile Game Politics and Digital Economy.- 4: Mobile game regulation in South Korea: A case study of the Shutdown Law.- 5: Mobilizing Games, Disrupting Culture: Digital Gaming in South Korea.- 6: The Impact of the Rise of Mobile Games on the Creativity and Structure of the Games Industry in China.- Part III: Mobile Gaming and Youth Culture.- 7: The Gamification of Mobile Communication in Seoul, South Korea.- 8: Internet Game Addiction in East Asia: Challenges & Opportunities.- 9: Mobile Games in China: Development and Current Status.- 10: Mobile Games in China: Ongoing Industry Transformations, Emerging Game Genres, and Evolving Player Dynamics.- Part IV: Social Gaming, Use, and Consumers.- 11: Chinese Consumers’ Perception of Social Game: A Phenomenological Study.- 12: Toward Individualistic Cooperative Play: A Systematic Analysis of Mobile Social Games in Japan.- 13: Comparison of Korean and Chinese Adolescents’ Use of Digital Game including Mobile Games.