• The Journal of Information Systems
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.1-28
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• 2014

소셜 네트워크 서비스의 확산과 더불어 소셜 네트워크 게임(이하에서는 소셜게임이라 함)이 부각되고 있다. 한편, 소셜게임이 인기를 끌면서 소셜 네트워크 서비스가 더욱 확산되는 계기가 되기도 한다. 사용자들을 소셜게임에 몰입하도록 유인하는 요인이 무엇인가를 파악하면 소셜 네트워크 서비스가 더욱 발전할 수 있는 방안을 찾을 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 사용자들을 소셜게임에 몰입하도록 유인하는 요인이 무엇인가를 분석하는데 있다. 본 연구에서는 대표적인 소셜 네트워크 사이트라 할 수 있는 페이스북의 소셜게임 사용자들을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 280명의 사용자들을 대상으로 한 설문을 통해, 소셜게임에의 몰입, 게임스토리, 게임그래픽, 게임사회화, 게임 통제력, 게임 사용용이성의 관계를 구조방정식모형으로 분석하였다. 특히, 게임 사회화와 게임그래픽은 몰입에 직접적으로 영향을 주기도 하며 게임 사용용이성을 통해 간접적으로도 영향을 주었다. 한편, 게임스토리는 몰입에 직접적으로만 영향을 주고, 게임 통제력을 게임사용 용이성을 통해 간접적으로 영향을 준다. 본 연구는 몰입이론과 기술수용이론을 토대로 하고 있지만, 소셜게임에서의 몰입에 대한 최초의 연구이기 때문에 후속 연구에 지침이 될 수 있다. 또한 소셜게임을 개발하는 사업자들이 무엇에 역점을 두고 게임을 개발하고 서비스해야 할 것인가에 대한 지침이 될 수 있다.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.33-46
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in the factors that determine the game immersion of adolescents by the level of school. The results of this research showed that among the internal variables, loneliness, self-control, and among the psychological variables, game leadership, game subjective norm, and game efficacy played a common role in game addiction in all groups. To be specific the factors determining game overflow by the level of the school were identified as discriminatory. These findings can help making policies or developing a program on adolescent's overflow.

• Proceedings of the Korea Database Society Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.87-106
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• 2008

This study identified the properties of online game, and analyzed existing studies on the impact of the properties of online game on flow. As a result, graphics, sounds, scenarios, game speed, manipulability, and item difficulty were identified as properties of online game, which were influential factors to flow. As a result, the hypotheses on scenarios, game speed, and item difficulty were adopted as significantly influential factors to flow, Attribute of online game. Meanwhile, the hypotheses on graphics, sounds, and manipulability, which were expected to significantly impact flow, were rejected.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.39-52
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• 2021

This purpose of study is to investigate the influence of e-sports(electronic sports) broadcasting contents and communication factors on game broadcasting viewing intention, focusing on the immersion parameter. As a result of the analysis, it was found that 'creativity' among content elements such as 'entertainment', 'creativity' and 'informationality' has a great influence on immersion. Among the communicator factors, 'communication', 'professionality', and 'uniqueness' were found to have a positive effect on immersion. In addition, the sense of immersion had a great influence on the intention to watch the broadcast.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.7-14
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• 2016

This study explored how peers influence on adolescents' game over-indulgence. More specifically, it was examined the effects of emotional support, subjective norm of game use, peer stress, and friends' attitude toward gaming on game over-indulgence. Results showed that the higher level of subjective norm of game use and peer stress one received the higher level of game over-indulgence one reported. However, lower emotional support caused higher game over-indulgence. Meanwhile, friends' attitude toward gaming was not significantly related to game over-indulgence. The meaning and the importance of peer in terms of game over-indulgence and limitations of the study were discussed.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.131-142
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• 2018

As the gaming industry grows, the need to understand and study on game Addiction and overindulgence have also grown. For this object, in this study, the author first studied how game elements and game mechanisms were categorized by using previous studies. As a result, game elements are divided into three elements that compose visual, competitive, and probability elements. And the game mechanisms that establish three elements were grouped into subcategories. Risk of competitive and visual element that effect on overindulgence is depended on what mechanism has used. But, in the probability element, Gambling mechanism must be viewed in terms of addiction, not overindulgence.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.165-174
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• 2017

This research was conducted to find out determinant variables which can influence the degree of flow in smoking simulation game. We set up flow experience as a dependent variable. Several factors including empathy, health concern, and brainwave(${\alpha}$, ${\beta}$) EEG(Electroencephalogram) as a physiological indicator, which was expected to affect flow, were set up as independent variables to perform regression analysis. As a result, empathy, health consciousness, and ${\beta}$ wave had positive influences on flow in smoking simulation game but ${\alpha}$ wave had negative effect. This research empirically analyzed users' experience and neurophysiological changes which can influence on flow in serious game and contributed to theoretical and methodological development in health-related game research.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.11
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• pp.665-676
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• 2013

The present study analyzed the KOCCA's Game Immersion data to explore the relationship between psychological traits and game immersion. Psychological traits were classified into four categories; emotional stability, self-esteem, willpower, and happiness. These were put into the multiple regression analysis as the dependent variables with age, sex (dummy), economic status of the homes, variety of leisure activities, friend and family relationship, and time to play games. Four types of immersion (psychological unstability, bad relationship, interrupted daily lives, and failure to control game time and desire) were put into the multiple regression analysis as the independent variables. The multiple regression analysis indicated that the dependent variables predicted the game immersion. Among the psychological traits emotional stability was the strongest factor (negative) that influences the game immersion. Next powerful indicator (negative) among the psychological traits was self-esteem. Based on the findings, measures to alleviate the problems of game immersion and ideas for further research were suggested.

• Proceedings of The KACE
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• 2017.08a
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• pp.231-234
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• 2017

4차 산업혁명 시대에 접어드는 중심에 살고 있는 청소년들에게 스마트미디어는 삶의 가장 중요한 일부분이다. 미래창조과학부에서 발표한 2016년 조사에서 만 6세 이상 85%(2015년 대비 2.5%p${\uparrow}$)가 스마트 기기를 보유하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 스마트기기의 보유율 증가는 게임 플랫폼으로 접근성이 높아지는 것을 의미하고 모바일 게임에 대한 과몰입 위험도가 커진다. 많은 연구와 논쟁이 이루어지는 온라인 게임에 대한 과몰입 대비에 비해 모바일 게임 과몰입 대책은 전무한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 게임 과몰입에 가장 취약한 중학생을 대상으로 모바일 게임 제어 시스템을 통해 학생들이 자기 주도적으로 모바일 게임 과몰입에서 벗어날 수 있게 유도하였다. 학생들이 해당 시스템을 평상시에 활용했을 때 효율성과 실제 구현에 있어 고려해야 할 사항에 대해 알아보고자 한다.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.73-84
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• 2011

Online game market accounts for 56.4% of entire game industry in Korea. MMORPG games account for a great part of online game market which have 45.27%. However, most of them are wholly reliant on their subjective criteria - not general rule or standard in the planning and developing process. For this reason, they can be easily misunderstood imitation game which has no difference or creativeness from masterpiece. In this paper to solve this problem especially deals with the quantification of flow through analysis of MMORPG to propose common information or method of quantitative analysis. The method of quantitative analysis which deals with the quantification of flow through analysis of successful MMORPG verifies the effectiveness of the proposed method.