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http://dx.doi.org/10.7583/JKGS.2019.19.6.15

Korea Government Policy Evaluation on Game Industry - Focused on Industrial Policies on Game Regulation and Promotion by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Korea

Wi, Jong Hyun (Chung Ang University, College of Business)

Publication Information

Journal of Korea Game Society / v.19, no.6, 2019 , pp. 15-24 More about this Journal

Abstract

Game industry, which has grown without government promotion policies, has been affected by the government's various industrial and social policies. Through the survey of experts from academics, media and industry on game industry, the paper attempted to evaluate and analyze the policies by the ministry of culture, tourism and sports, in charge of game industry. Result using SPSS showed that the scores on all the factors were low, especially 'policy on game image improvement ' is the lowest to 1.97. ANOVA test showed no difference except 'industrial ecosystem recovery' and 'human resources development'.

Keywords

evaluation on game industry policies; Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; failure of government policy;

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