[KS] Nordic Asia Podcast: New Episode on Gaming with Veli-Matti Karhulahti and Yaewon Jin

[Sabine Burghart]

Hi,

We would like to share information about the latest episode of the Nordic Asia Podcast: Veli-Matti Karhulahti and Yaewon Jin discuss Cross-Cultural Research on Gaming and "Gaming Disorder<https://newbooksnetwork.com/cross-cultural-research-on-gaming-and-gaming-disorder>".

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 Veli-Matti Karhulahti<https://www.jyu.fi/fi/henkilot/veli-matti-karhulahti> and Yaewon Jin<https://ore.jyu.fi/english/our-team> 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).

Of interest might also be previous episodes of the Nordic Asia Podcast on e.g. K-Pop and the Korean Wave<https://newbooksnetwork.com/k-pop-and-the-korean-wave-with-jimmyn-parc> (with Jimmyn Parc), The New Political Cry in South Korea? The History of Feminist Activisms and Politics in South Korea<https://newbooksnetwork.com/the-new-political-cry-in-south-korea-the-history-of-feminist-activisms-and-politics-in-south-korea> (with Ju Hui Judy Han), Understanding South Korea's Taegukgi Rallies<https://newbooksnetwork.com/understanding-south-koreas-taegukgi-rallies> (with Myunghee Lee), and Sweden-North Korea Relations<https://newbooksnetwork.com/neither-friend-nor-enemy-sweden-north-korea-relations> (with Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein).

The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the following academic partners: Asia Centre, University of Tartu (Estonia), Asian studies, University of Helsinki (Finland), Centre for Asian Studies, 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.

Sincerely,
Sabine Burghart

Dr. Sabine Burghart
University Lecturer
Academic Director EAST Master's Degree Programme
Centre for East Asian Studies
20014 - University of Turku
Finland
Phone: +358 29 450 3057
www.utu.fi/ceas<http://www.utu.fi/ceas>

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