• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.173-192
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• 2009

As video games gain popularity and become a normal part of home entertainment, concern about youth access to inappropriate games continues to grow. Some people have claimed that violent video games influence children's aggressive behavior and that violent video games have some responsibility for violence in the school. In response to people's concerns, the video game industry created a video game rating system in 1995 to help parents decide which video games are appropriate for their children. This study investigated whether parents were aware of the video game rating system and how often they have used it when selecting video games for their children. This study attempted to find relationships among parents' attitudes toward video games, their guidance styles for their children's video game play, and their use of the video game rating system. This study found that most parents have used the video game ratings very frequently when they select video games for their children. But many parents still don't understand the video game rating system. This study showed that parents who had more negative attitudes or less positive attitudes toward video games were more likely to impose restrictions on their children's video game play and to use the video game rating system as a means to restrict their children's access to violent video games.

• 대중서사연구
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.215-237
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• 2020

이 글은 마쓰나가 신지가 2018년 일본에서 펴낸 『비디오 게임의 미학』을 소개하기 위해 씌어졌다. 마쓰나가 신지는 철학적이고 미학적인 관점에서 비디오 게임을 연구해온 일본의 대표적인 연구자다. 그가 이 책에서 주목하는 것은 비디오 게임이 지닌 인공적인 놀이로서의 측면이다. 마쓰나가 신지는 비디오 게임이 인간의 행위와 경험을 디자인하는 놀이라는 점에 주목하고, 이를 비디오 게임의 수용 과정에서 일어나는 의미 작용의 측면에서 논했다. 이를 위해 도입된 것은 컴퓨터와 공유되는 분석철학의 방법이다. 그동안 일본에서 발표된 선행연구에서 비디오 게임은 주로 일본 문화론이나 오락 문화의 문맥에서 논해졌다. 그러나 『비디오 게임의 미학』은 다음과 같은 점에서 선행연구와 구별된다. 첫째, 예술 이론의 내부에서 비디오 게임이라는 장르를 연구하기 위한 연구방법을 개척하고, 둘째, 전통적인 미학적 개념과의 연관 관계를 도출하는 동시에, 셋째, 인공지능시대에 부상한 새로운 개념을 미적 행위로서의 비디오 게임에 결부시키고 있다. 이 작업을 통해서 비디오 게임이 미학의 대상으로 체계화되었으며, 미학과 예술의 영역도 확장되었다. 이 책의 독보적인 특징은 철학과 미학의 언어로 비디오 게임을 체계화했고, 그 언어를 컴퓨터가 공유할 수 있는 방식으로 구사했다는 점이다. 말하자면 『비디오 게임의 미학』은 인간과 컴퓨터가 공유할 수 있는 개념 상자라고 할 수 있다. 따라서 이 책의 궁극적인 의의는 전통적인 인문학의 언어를 컴퓨터가 해독 가능한 언어로 번역함으로써 인공지능이 인간의 비밀에 다가서는 길을 개척했다는 점에 있다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.89-97
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• 2008

인터넷 접속이 필수조건인 온라인 게임과는 달리 전용 게임기로 오프라인에서 게임을 즐기는 비디오 게임의 온라인 커뮤니티도 온라인 게임의 커뮤니티 못지않게 활성화되고 있다. 비디오 게임 플레이어들이 인터넷에 커뮤니티를 만들고 적극적으로 활용하고 있다는 것은 비디오 게임의 "게임 플레이(Game Play)"에 온라인 커뮤니티가 중요한 역할을 하고 있다는 것을 나타낸다. 본 연구에서는 온라인 커뮤니티가 비디오 게임의 "게임 플레이"에 미치는 영향을 분석하기 위하여 먼저 "게임 플레이"의 의미와 평가 항목에 대하여 알아보았다. 그리고 비디오 게임의 온라인 커뮤니티를 조사하여 어떤 용도로 활용되고 있고, 어떤 내용들로 구성되어 있는지 살펴보았다. 플레이어들의 온라인 커뮤니티 활동 내용을 "게임 플레이"의 평가 항목에 의하여 분석하고 그 결과를 바탕으로 온라인 게임 커뮤니티가 비디오 게임의 "게임 플레이"에 미치는 영향에 대하여 정리해 보았다.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.91-103
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• 2001

The purpose of this study was to investigate actual trends of young children's video and computer-based game uses. Four hundred and eighty parents of 4-6 year-old children were questioned about children's game uses and their attitude toward them and 180 of their children were interviewed. As the results of this study, most of children have been playing video and computer games. Boys played them more frequently than girls and the olders than the youngers. The majority of children liked video and computer games. The first reason to play games was 'interesting'. The most parents considerably tolerated to their children playing games except the arcade games. Many parents limited their children's time of playing games. They occasionally played with their children or observed them playing games.

• 아동학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.231-244
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• 1999

This study examined the effects of short and long term playing of video gamer on children's visual parallel processing. All of the 64 fourth grade subjects were above average in IQ. They were classified into high and low video game users. Instruments were a visual parallel processing task consisting of imagery integration items, computers, and the arcade video game, Pac-Man. Subjects were pre-tested with a visual parallel processing task. After one week, the experimental group played video games for 15 minutes, but the control group didn't play. Immediately following this, all children were post-tested by the same task used on the pretest. The data was analyzed by ANCOVA and repeated measures ANOVA. The results showed that relaying short-term video games improved visual parallel processing and that long term experience with video games also affected visual parallel processing. there were no differences between high and low users in visual parallel processing after playing short term video games.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.63-71
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• 2002

This study is an investigation of children's video and computer games usage. The respondents included 286 third and fourth grade children, of whom 152 were boys and 134 were girls. The participants were selected from a pair of elementary schools in Seoul. The instruments used consisted of children's self-reported computer game use and their evaluations of the video and computer games. I employed frequencies, percentiles, means, Chi-squares, 1-tests, one-way ANOVA, and the Scheffe Test. Ninety-five percent of the children interviewed reported having played video and computer games. Among these children, most reported that they played the games 2 to 3 times per week for 112 to 1 hour each time. The most common reasons given for playing was 'fun'. The most popularly played games included themes of action, adventure, violence, and competition. There was a significant gender difference in playing and usage. Boys played games longer than the girls. Boys played the games with their friends while the girls played the games with their siblings. Children who played these games longer perceived themselves to be faster, more attentive, and more stable than children who played for a shorter period of time.

• 한국게임학회 논문지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.99-110
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• 2020

본 연구는 미래의 게임 캐릭터 커스터마이징 시스템에 플레이어의 성격이 보다 깊이 반영될 수 있도록 게임 캐릭터 디자인요소를 정리하고, 모바일 게임과 비디오 게임에서 디자인요소의 중요도를 AHP를 통해 도출하여, 캐릭터 커스터마이징에서 플레이어가 중요하게 판단하는 디자인요소의 차이가 있음을 확인하고, 중요도의 차이를 통해 캐릭터 커스터마이징 개선 방향을 제시했다. 모바일 게임에서는 디자인요소의 외양이 압도적으로 중요하다고 평가된 만큼 외양에 집중하는 것이 좋으며, 비디오 게임에서는 외양이외에도 행동의 중요도가 높게 나타난 만큼 플레이어가 캐릭터의 동작을 선택할 수 있도록 캐릭터 커스터마이징에서 제공할 필요가 있다.

• 아동학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.55-68
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• 1994

A survey analysis of home video games was carried out for 1,018 elementary school children. Children responded to a questionnaire consisting of sociodemographic variables, degree of game participation(frequency and mean time), control behavior(eg. resting during games, lightening interior), and physical symptoms(eg. eyestrain, headache, trembling, paralyses) during and/or after playing games. Statistical analysis was done by frequency, percentile, and chitest. The results showed that many children enjoyed video games frequently and played continually, that few children did control behavior during games. Main variables related to degree of game playing and control behavior were sex, game experience, parent's education, and mother's activity. In particular, the results implied that the level of physical symptoms during and/or after game differed by lighting factors.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제22권10호
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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.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.185-193
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of nutrient intake, screen time (television viewing and computer and/or video games) and physical activity on obesity in preschool children. Recruitment began in January 2008 by distributing letters to mothers who had children aged 6 years enrolled in daycare. Dietary intakes were obtained from the children's mothers, using the 24-hour recall method. The average height and weight of the children were 114.2 cm and 20.3 kg, respectively. Mean age, body weight, height and Kaup index were not significantly different between groups consisting of boys or girls. Assessment by the Kaup index showed that 14.0% of children were underweight, 69.0% were normal weight, 13.0% were overweight, and 4% were obese. The daily intakes of calcium, potassium, fiber, and folic acid in the group of boys were 77.7%, 58.5%, 80.4% and 88.9% respectively. as compared with the DRIs. The daily intakes of calcium, potassium, fiber, and folic acid in the group of girls were 77.7%, 58.5%, 80.4% and 88.9%, respectively. as compared with the DRIs. Intakes of protein, phosphorus, iron, zinc, vitamin A, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin C, and vitamin E were higher than the DRIs. There were no difference among 3 groups (underweight, normal, overweight) in energy or nutrient intake. Preschool children with screen time (TV viewing and computer and/or video games use time) of >2 hours per day had significantly higher Kaup index values, and intakes of energy, carbohydrate, folic acid and zinc. In conclusion, preschool children with reported screen time (TV viewing and computer and/or video games use time) of >2 hours per day were fatter. Therefore, we need further investigate the relation between diet and screen time in preschool children to improve future nutrition education programs. Further studies are required to explore the effects of food intake and screen time (TV viewing and computer and/or video games use time) over a longer period of time.