• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.11-24
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• 2012

Primarily working on SNS(Social Network Service) platform, the SNG(Social Network Game) utilizes friends and neighbors for invitation and play. Based on the value model of HCI, this paper purports to discover how functional, hedonic, social and personal values predict the continuous usage intention and satisfaction of SNG in a smartphone. Hypothesis testing through structural equation modeling shows that hedonic and functional values affect satisfaction and intention to use of SNG while social and personal values do not. This result implies that fun and easy interface are more important to the success of SNG service than social networking motivation.

• 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.

• 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.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.13 no.11
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• pp.427-432
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• 2015

Recently, Mobile Social Network Game market has grown rapidly because Smart devices has been spreading to many people and improving performance. Push notification, which is a success factor of the mobile social network game brought about stress to the user. However, there is no study on push notifications in the mobile social network game; it was difficult to understand for the use of push notifications. The Games of Kakao talk platform has various push notification system and provides detailed descriptions. On the other hand, the game linked to Facebook has minimal push notification system. In the future, if game companies develop push notification system by the characteristics of user, mobile social network games be able to derive the user's use continuously.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• v.22 no.10
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• pp.37-42
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• 2022

Communication as a process of interpreting signs has always existed in people's life. In post-information society, the communication between a person and a technological system through the specific sign-attaching process becomes widespread. Moreover, it somehow replaces usual communication between people. One of the means of communication in the digital space are video games. They not only play an important role in communication processes, but also are a special case of sign-creating and interpreting. The purpose of the article is to examine video games as a space of sign-based communication between a person and a game as a specific digital system. With the help of general scientific and hermeneutic methodology, the analysis of video games as a post-information society phenomenon which people communicate to has been conducted. The process of semiosis as attaching special meanings to signs has been traced in both manipulating in-game objects and characters and understanding rules of an in-game world.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.10 no.10
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• pp.457-463
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• 2012

Social network game (SNG) literally is a game based on the relationship between social network or Relationships with people is an important element in the game you need to make full use of them is that you can smooth progress. The form of a social network game activities in the social network game applications by linking corporate products and can be induced to purchase marketing and advertising through in-game social network game on the company's Web site or by connecting the mall and shop are also available. In this study, SNG business models, Case For game development, social commerce based on the new proposed future revenue model linking scheme is proposed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2018.07a
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• pp.262-264
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• 2018

Many of users play Mobil Social Network Games (M-SNG). M-SNGs are played through social network, and typically features multiplayer and asynchronous gameplay mechanics. It is most often implemented as mobile devices with mobile instant messenger app. Kakaotalk provids mobile game platform. The purpose of this study is to find significant factors that have effects on the commitment of M-SNGs. We also conduct multi-group comparison test to study the difference in factors of models between time t and time t1. Time t is October, 2012 and time t1 is April, 2016. This study is to empirically test the research model using data collected from M-SNGs' users. We survey two different groups of time t and time t1 people with the same model. We use structural equation model analysis with AMOS 18.0 and compare two models of different times. This study is to give academicians and practitioners insight about its effects and implications

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.89-100
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• 2015

This study aims to figure out the impact of cross-promotion strategy on flow experience to overcome the restrictions of social network game. Social network games faces tougher market competition and shorter product life-cycles. The results show that the less users play games, the more they feel flow experience led by interests and self-expression of SNG. On the contrary, the more they play games, self- expression and sense of competition factor are proved to be effective factor for flow. Also Users' cognition for usefulness and annoyingness of cross- promotion are different according to level of game uses and promotion uses. People who play games more and utilize promotion more appreciate the usefulness of promotion and indulge in flow experience of SNG.

• 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.13 no.3
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• pp.55-68
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• 2013

This study examined the factors determining experience of flow in mobile social network games. Built upon the literature on flow experience in the Internet and online games, this study classified the determining factors into three categories. The first category is the content factor which includes graphic design, challenge, and incentive; the second is the device factor including ease of access and ease of control; the third is the social factor including social interaction and community activities. A correlation analysis was conducted to examine the association between each of the seven determining factors and flow experience. Additionally, a hierarchical regression analysis was performed to evaluate which of the selected factors would exert a relatively strong influence on experience of flow. Both analyses reached the same conclusions as follows: Graphic design, incentive, and community activities increase flow experience while challenge and ease of control exert little influence on flow experience. In addition, graphic design was the most influential element in determining flow experience, followed by community activities and incentive, respectively.