Ebook {Epub PDF} Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas by Natasha Dow Schüll

Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas Natasha Dow Schüll, PhD, MA, is a cultural anthropologist and associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Program in Science, Technology and Society. She is an alumna of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Society Scholars program (). Her.  · Based on fifteen years of ethnographic work, Addiction by Design is an ambitious and thought-provoking book that challenges the neoliberal ethos Author: Kah-Wee Lee. Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas reads like a combination of Scientific American's number puzzles and the 'blue Book' of Alcoholics Anonymous."Christopher Caldwell, Financial Times "Addiction by Design is a nonfiction page-turner. A richly detailed account of the particulars of video gaming addiction, worth reading for the excellence of the ethnographic narrative /5().

Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas (Paperback) Average Rating: () stars out of 5 stars 1 ratings, based on 1 reviews Natasha Dow Schüll. Addiction by Design is an extremely enlightening ethnographic account of a little-studied form of gambling. The ethnography is rich and deep, shedding original light on the significance of addiction and gambling in American culture. Schüll offers a provocative and important study of the imperative some people feel to lose themselves in a machine. Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas. Addiction by Design.: Natasha Dow Schüll. Princeton University Press, - Computers - pages. 1 Review. "A stunning portrayal of technology and the inner life. Searing, sobering, compelling: this is important, first-rate, accessible scholarship that should galvanize public conversation.

ADDICTION BY DESIGN: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas. Slot machines, revamped by evermore compelling digital and video technology, have unseated traditional casino games as the gambling industry’s revenue mainstay. Drawing on fifteen years of field research in Las Vegas, anthropologist Natasha Dow Schüll explores the dark side of machine gambling—a solitary, rapid, continuous form of play that has less to do with the competitive thrill of winning than with the pull of “the machine zone. Based on fifteen years of ethnographic work, Addiction by Design is an am- bitious and thought-provoking book that challenges the neoliberal ethos currently governing the way in which governments and professionals think about gambling addiction. Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas by Natasha Dow Schüll Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. , pp, $, ISBN ‐0‐‐‐2. - Courtwright - - Addiction - Wiley Online Library. Addiction. Volume , Issue 11 p.