This book analyzes mobile gaming in the Asian context and looks into a hitherto neglected focus of inquiry a localized mobile landscape, with particular reference to young Asians engagement with mobile gaming. This edition focuses not only on the remarkable success of local mobile games, but also on the significance of social milieu in the development of Asian mobile technologies and gaming culture. It analyzes the growth of the current mobile technologies and mobile gaming not as separate but as continuous developments in tandem with the digital economy. It is of interest to both...
This book analyzes mobile gaming in the Asian context and looks into a hitherto neglected focus of inquiry a localized mobile landscape, with parti...
This volume captures the domestication of mobile communication technologies by families in Asia, and its implications for family interactions and relationships. It showcases research on families across a spectrum of socio-economic profiles, from both rural and urban areas, offering insights on children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. While mobile communication diffuses through Asia at a blistering pace, families in the region are also experiencing significant changes in light of unprecedented economic growth, globalisation, urbanisation and demographic shifts. Asia is therefore at the...
This volume captures the domestication of mobile communication technologies by families in Asia, and its implications for family interactions and rela...
This book offers a detailed account of a range of mHealth initiatives across South, Southeast and East Asia. The book brings together various discussions on the broader mHealth literature, and demonstrates how a research focus on diverse Asian contexts influences the success and/or failure of current mHealth initiatives.
This book offers a detailed account of a range of mHealth initiatives across South, Southeast and East Asia. The book brings together various discussi...
This book focuses on developments and trends pertaining to online falsehoods and mobile instant messaging services (MIMS), the impact of online falsehoods transmitted via MIMS, and practice and intervention. As the reliance on mobile devices for news seeking and information sharing continues to grow, the spread of online falsehoods on MIMS is a problem that confounds academics, practitioners, and policymakers. Recent developments in countries such as Brazil and India demonstrate how MIMS facilitate the spread of online falsehoods. Given that a number of non-academic and non-governmental...
This book focuses on developments and trends pertaining to online falsehoods and mobile instant messaging services (MIMS), the impact of online falseh...
