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Author: Natasha Dow Schüll
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0691127557
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas

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Addiction by Design takes readers into the intriguing world of machine gambling, an increasingly popular and absorbing form of play that blurs the line between human and machine, compulsion and control, risk and reward. Drawing on fifteen years of field research in Las Vegas, anthropologist Natasha Dow SchAll shows how the mechanical rhythm of electronic gambling pulls players into a trancelike state they call the "machine zone," in which daily worries, social demands, and even bodily awareness fade away. Once in the zone, gambling addicts play not to win but simply to

Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas

Recent decades have seen a dramatic shift away from social forms of gambling played around roulette wheels and card tables to solitary gambling at electronic terminals. 'Addiction by Design' takes readers into the intriguing world of machine gambling, an increasingly popular and absorbing form of play that blurs the line between human and machine, compulsion and control, risk and reward. Drawing on fifteen years of field research in Las Vegas, anthropologist Natasha Dow Schull shows how the mechanical rhythm of electronic gambling pulls players into a trancelike state they call the 'machine zo

author natasha dow schull format hardback language english publication year 18 09 2012 subject social sciences subject 2 sociology anthropology professional title addiction by design machine gambling in las vegas author schull natasha dow publisher princeton univ pr publication date aug 20 2012 pages 444 binding hardcover edition first edition dimensions 6 50 wx 9 50 hx 1 50 d isbn 0691127557 subject social science anthropology cultural description recent decades have seen a dramatic shift awa

Addiction by Design

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas by Natasha Dow Schull Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New quot;A gripping, insightful, and poignant analysis of the psychological power of machine gambling, read through the lens of an extraordinary collection of narratives and theoretical sources. Schull illuminates the multiple, intersecting logics of the industry as a sociotechnical assemblage, showing how casi

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Addiction by Design takes readers into the intriguing world of machine gambling, an increasingly popular and absorbing form of play that blurs the line between human and machine, compulsion and control, risk and reward
Once in the zone, gambling addicts play not to win but simply to