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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We would like to share information about the latest episode of the Nordic Asia Podcast: Veli-Matti Karhulahti and Yaewon Jin discuss
<a href="https://newbooksnetwork.com/cross-cultural-research-on-gaming-and-gaming-disorder">
Cross-Cultural Research on Gaming and “Gaming Disorder</a>”. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In 1998 the phrase “internet addiction” was first used to describe problematic prolonged internet use, and encompassed a wide range of online activities including reading news, connecting in chat rooms, viewing pornography,
and gambling. Since then, particular focus has been placed on internet gaming, and in 2022 the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases (11th edition) classified Gaming Disorder as a "mental disorder due to addictive behaviors."
But as <a href="https://www.jyu.fi/fi/henkilot/veli-matti-karhulahti">Veli-Matti Karhulahti</a> and
<a href="https://ore.jyu.fi/english/our-team">Yaewon Jin</a> explain, there is far from universal consensus on what “gaming disorder” exactly is. They share their insights as researchers of the ORE (Ontological Reconstruction of Gaming Disorder), a five-year
interdisciplinary project funded by the European Research Council, and discuss the difficulties not only in identifying “gaming disorder” but in categorizing the various kinds of games that are considered. They share their own experiences with computer gaming,
from early 1990s Finnish schools to South Korea’s PC bangs (internet cafés). They leave us to contemplate culturally and historically dependent perspectives not only on what constitutes a so-called disorder, but why individuals play games. --- This episode
is part of a Finland-Korea project co-funded by The Korea Foundation and Otto A. Malm Foundation (2023-24).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Of interest might also be previous episodes of the Nordic Asia Podcast on e.g.
<a href="https://newbooksnetwork.com/k-pop-and-the-korean-wave-with-jimmyn-parc">
K-Pop and the Korean Wave</a> (with Jimmyn Parc), <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.com/the-new-political-cry-in-south-korea-the-history-of-feminist-activisms-and-politics-in-south-korea">
The New Political Cry in South Korea? The History of Feminist Activisms and Politics in South Korea</a> (with Ju Hui Judy Han),
<a href="https://newbooksnetwork.com/understanding-south-koreas-taegukgi-rallies">
Understanding South Korea’s Taegukgi Rallies</a> (with Myunghee Lee), and <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.com/neither-friend-nor-enemy-sweden-north-korea-relations">
Sweden-North Korea Relations</a> (with Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the following academic partners</span></i><span lang="EN-US">:
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Asia</span></em> Centre<i>, University of
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tartu (Estonia)</span></em></i><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">,</span></em><i> Asian studies, University of Helsinki (Finland), Centre for
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Asian Studies</span></em></i><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">,</span></em><i> Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania), Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Turku
(Finland) and Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University (Sweden) and Norwegian Network for Asian Studies.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Sabine Burghart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dr. Sabine Burghart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">University Lecturer <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Academic Director EAST Master’s Degree Programme<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Centre for East Asian Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">20014 – University of Turku<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Finland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Phone: +358 29 450 3057<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.utu.fi/ceas">www.utu.fi/ceas</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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