• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.7-18
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• 2015

A social network game (SNG) is the result of a combination of a life simulation game and a social networking service. These types of games are particularly popular among women. This phenomenon calls for research that focuses on the motivation behind playing SNGs, the factors that make SNGs absorbing and, particularly, the space decorating features of SNGs. The current study investigates people's experience with the space decorating features of SNGs and their motivation for playing these games. It observes the behaviors of SNG players, which were typed through Q methodology. Moreover, it specifically analyzes the motivation behind the playing of space-decorating SNGs. The study concludes that most of players were more absorbed in the space-decorating features of these games than they were in their social networking features. This also affects a player's continued playing of these games. This study proves that this phenomenon is related to players' desires for self-representation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.39-40
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• 2011

• Design Convergence Study
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.17-35
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• 2016

Along with popularization of smart phone and routinization of social network service, enterprises are using several social network services as a marketing channel to raise brand awareness and conduct PR. Enterprises have been utilizing an element of 'Gamification' representing a functional aspect and emotional pleasure of a game in order to attract users' attention and increase their voluntary participation since the early social network service marketing. However, social network service system contains functional roles of Gamification components rather than they function separately. Hence, this research intends to examine Gamification elements of social network service and characteristics occurred when enterprise uses several social network services as a marketing channel. Besides, it aims at suggesting a marketing guideline for Gamification based on social network that may induce users' interest and increase an immersion effect. Firstly, this study examined concepts and characteristics of social network service and Gamification centered on literature research. Secondly, it summarized a game mechanics, dynamics and a fun type of Gamification components. Thirdly, based on theoretical research, it collected Gamification marketing cases of 5 enterprises including 'Coca Cola Korea', 'Lotte Mart', 'Canon Korea', "Kolon Sports' and 'Uniqlo Korea' that utilize more than 3 of 4 social network services including 'Kakao Story', 'Band', 'Facebook' and 'Instagram' used the most in our nation, analyzing characteristics of Gamification marketing and deriving a suggestion. Finally, it suggested a guideline for Gamification and social network service to build a foundation for a Gamification marketing plan through social network service.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.117-120
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• 2013

스마트폰의 보급으로 모바일 소셜 네트워크 게임(SNG: Social Network Game)을 즐기는 사용자들이 증가하고 있다. 그러나, SNG의 특성에 맞는 자원 활용률을 고려한 효율적인 게임서버에 대한 연구는 매우 부족한 실정이다. 본 논문은 가상화 기반으로 SNG게임서버를 설계 및 구현한다. 또한 가상화 기반 분산 게임서버의 CPU 사용률과 Memory 사용량을 분석하여 게임서버의 자원 활용률을 보인다. 이를 토대로 SNG게임서버 환경구축의 기반지식을 제공한다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.165-178
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• 2014

Recently, the social network game (SNG) industry is expanding at a fast pace by the increase in the charged item sales. The objective of the present study is to explore factors influencing user intention to purchase charged items. Based on the literature review, flow has been introduced as an influential factor of the intention to purchase and individual influence, social relationship, and social influence as factors of flow. Enjoyment and self-competence are assumed to be measurement constructs for individual influence, social interaction and self-presentation for social relationship, social norm and perceived critical mass for social influence. Empirical analysis show that enjoyment and self-presentation has significant influence on users' flow while self-competence and social interaction has not. Also social norms and perceived critical mass directly influence intention to purchase items. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed by this results.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.25-26
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• 2014

스마트폰의 폭 넓은 보급으로 인해 스마트폰 시장은 급격한 성장을 이루었고, 모바일 환경의 발전은 다양한 형태의 애플리케이션의 개발과 모바일 게임 시장의 성장으로 이어졌다. 모바일 게임에서 사용자간 상호작용은 중요한 요소가 되었다. 하지만 대부분의 모바일 게임들은 소셜네트워크상의 초대와 아이템의 제공, 스코어 비교 등에 그치는 등 제한된 영역에서의 상호작용에 그치는 경향이 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 메시지 서버를 활용하여 다수의 모바일 디바이스를 유기적으로 연계, 모바일 디바이스의 화면이나 기능을 확장하고 게임세계와 현실세계의 접목을 통한 새로운 형태의 게임 가능성에 대해 연구하였다.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.13-22
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• 2011

In the digital media environment, the convergence is in the progress creating the new service and contents by users and developing the new needs of users by the service and contents as well. Social games are actualizing the new meaning of convergence. shows not only a new situation blurring the boundary of work and leisure, labor and playing and private and public sector, but how meaningful it is to make connection of social interactions and social assets a solid network. As the most popular social game text, reveals how the personal connections and personal networks constructs the social capital by making the ritual communication more interesting and flexible to the social gamers.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.1564-1567
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• 2011

SNG(social network game)은 최근 보편화된 SNS(social network service)를 기반으로 하는 게임으로 단순한 인터페이스와 진행방법을 제공하는 캐주얼 게임 위주로 서비스되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 네트워크를 통해 인적관계를 형성시켜주는 SNS 의 정의 및 SNS 에서 발전된 게임모델인 SNG 를 정의하고, SNS 와 SNG 의 결합모델을 3 가지로 분류하고 각각의 사례에 대해 분석한다. SNS 기반 SNG 서비스 모델로, SNS 서비스 1 위 업체인 Facebook 을 중심으로 소개하였으며, SNS 서비스를 이용하는 사용자 규모 및 서비스되고 있는 SNG 의 진행방식 및 특징을 설명한다. 다른 결합유형으로, 기존 온라인 게임 기반의 SNS 서비스 및 신규 SNS/신규 SNG 모델을 소개하고 각각의 예를 소개하였다.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.69-78
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• 2014

This study deals with the digital policy proposal through the path modeling study on the effect of the strength of weak ties & emotional perception leading to the user's satisfaction, WOM between game users, and the verification on the effect of the emotional real name SNS on the social network game's diffusion. Researcher confirmed that the effect of the strength of weak ties & emotional perception led to the user's satisfaction, WOM of SNG. Even though weak tie, researchers estimate that the users emotionally interact with the real name relation effect of SNS. And effective factors for WOM are not a tie relationship or emotional interactivity of weak tie antecedently but user's satisfaction. As a result, though antecedent factors (weak tie & interactivity) had a positive effect as real name SNS, eventually powerful factor of making buzz was the SNG user's satisfaction. Thus researchers expect the practical policy proposition for government & corporation, which means SNG service providers more carefully manage the service satisfaction for WOM with SNG user's experience.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.5-14
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• 2013

This study is aimed at comparing and analyzing the response of playfulness level by personality type of players, according to the observations and results of behavior shown in SNG (Social Network Game) players during their play, in particular based on social behavior of SNG players. For this, the behavior of SNG players is classified into SC (Social Connectedness) and NC (Non-Social Connectedness) by space where they play games and the relations between behavior of each SNG player and their playfulness are confirmed by empirical experiment based on big-five personality traits possible standards of disposition expected from players. The results are presented that the playfulness for behavior of SNG players has distinct features by personality types and there is a significant difference between personality types for SC behavior. It could be useful for determining the proportion of playing behavior for Social Connect, generally known as one of main sources SNG provides when designing SNG play and considering personality types of players.