Creative production in the digital age: A network analysis of the digital game industry in China

IF 3.4 2区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Geoforum Pub Date : 2024-11-09 DOI:10.1016/j.geoforum.2024.104158

Yarong Zhan , Tengfei Wang , Xuecheng Bi

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Abstract

This paper aims to explore the impact of digital technology on the spatial organization of emerging creative industries. Using data related to China’s digital game industry, it analyzes the characteristics of the network structure of the digital game industry and its formation and evolution mechanisms. The findings indicate that a few large cities dominate the network structure of China’s digital game industry and that the significance of local administrative centers within the network is increasing. Even though firms can work remotely to finish a game, their production activities are still closely connected to the major game production centers through the digital platform. Moreover, it is non-geographic factors such as social relations and virtual proximity rather than geographical proximity that determine the network structure, and the role of geography is decreasing with the widespread use of digital technology. The evolving online labour and online distribution based on digital platforms have also influenced the construction of digital game industry networks.

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数字时代的创意生产：中国数字游戏产业的网络分析

本文旨在探讨数字技术对新兴创意产业空间组织的影响。本文利用中国数字游戏产业的相关数据，分析了数字游戏产业网络结构的特点及其形成和演化机制。研究结果表明，在中国数字游戏产业的网络结构中，少数几个大城市占据主导地位，而地方行政中心在网络结构中的地位日益重要。尽管企业可以远程完成游戏，但其生产活动仍通过数字平台与主要游戏生产中心紧密相连。此外，决定网络结构的是社会关系和虚拟邻近性等非地理因素，而不是地理邻近性，随着数字技术的广泛应用，地理因素的作用正在减弱。不断发展的在线劳动和基于数字平台的在线分销也影响了数字游戏产业网络的构建。

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Geoforum GEOGRAPHY-

CiteScore

7.30

自引率

5.70%

发文量

201

期刊介绍： Geoforum is an international, inter-disciplinary journal, global in outlook, and integrative in approach. The broad focus of Geoforum is the organisation of economic, political, social and environmental systems through space and over time. Areas of study range from the analysis of the global political economy and environment, through national systems of regulation and governance, to urban and regional development, local economic and urban planning and resources management. The journal also includes a Critical Review section which features critical assessments of research in all the above areas.