Smartland Korea : mobile communication, culture, and society / Dal Yong Jin.

Author/creator Jin, Dal Yong, 1964- author.
Format Book
PublicationAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017]
Descriptionpages cm.
Subjects
Information technology--Social aspects. --Korea (South).
Smartphones--Social aspects. --Korea (South).
Mobile communication systems--Korea (South).
Technological innovations--Social aspects. --Korea (South).

SeriesPerspectives on contemporary Korea
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2016031596
ISBN9780472053377 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN047205337X (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780472073375 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0472073370 (hardcover : alk. paper)