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Analysis on User Behavior of Social Game

Authors :
Hye Won Han
Se-Ra Shim
Source :
The Journal of the Korea Contents Association. 10:137-145
Publication Year :
2010
Publisher :
The Korea Contents Association, 2010.

Abstract

Humans are social existences who connect with others and live together. Communication between human has evolved into diverse formats and contents beyond time and space. Social Network Service builds social relationship based on web and its users increase rapidly in a global environment due to the user-friendly web circumstances, easy access and wide-spread supply of the smart phones. One of the aspect that is taking the center of Social Network Service is a Social Game. Social Games are based on web that has simple rules to play in fictional time and space background. This research is to analyze the relationship between social game, Social Network and user behavior through the Social Games Farm Villand Cafe World.This paper, firstly, is going to observe the characteristics of people who participate in the two social games `Farm Ville` and `Cafe World`. It, then, attempts to analyze individual and social human desires depicted in the games. In the social games, personal perception is revealed through an image of "possession", while one`s social activity is displayed by an image of "consumption."

Details

ISSN :
15984877
Volume :
10
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........ca95fecd623f122372203c22aea4b5e6
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.5392/jkca.2010.10.12.137