Smartland Korea : mobile communication, culture, and society /

Smartland Korea : mobile communication, culture, and society /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Jin, Dal Yong, 1964- author.
Imprint:	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017]
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	Perspectives on contemporary Korea Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subject:	Information technology -- Social aspects -- Korea (South) Smartphones -- Social aspects -- Korea (South) Mobile communication systems -- Korea (South) Technological innovations -- Social aspects -- Korea (South) Information technology -- Social aspects. Mobile communication systems. Technological innovations -- Social aspects. Korea (South)
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12681662

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ISBN:	9780472122615 0472122614 9780472053377 9780472073375 0472073370 047205337X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	"This book examines mobile communication, culture, and society in the context of Korean smartphones, analyzing the role of smartphones and apps as major components of Korea's national economy and culture, the sociocultural factors involved in the growth of mobile games and youth culture, and the context of globalization. It discusses the evolution of the smartphone, its recent growth in Korea, Korea's reception of the iPhone in 2009 and the recent growth of Samsung's Galaxy in the global market, key aspects of smartphones and app services in Korea and their implications for the app economy, the digital divide in terms of smartphones, mobile gaming, and young Koreans' engagement with a local app platform, Kakao Talk."--Provided by publisher.
Other form:	Print version: Smartland Korea Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017] 9780472053377 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard no.:	40026973627 10.3998/mpub.9332315

Table of Contents:

The rise of smartland Korea
Evolution of smartphone technologies: putting smarts into the phone
Neoliberal transformation of the mobile telecommunications systems
Mobile communication, globalization, and technological hegemony
App economy in the digital platform era
From digital divide to digital inclusion in the smartphone era
Transformative mobile game culture on the smartphone
Reimagining smartphones: Kakao Talk and youth culture
Beyond smartland Korea.