Games Without Frontiers? Socio-historical Perspectives at the Gaming/Gambling Intersection /

Games Without Frontiers? Socio-historical Perspectives at the Gaming/Gambling Intersection /

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This open access book focuses on how and why digital games and gambling are increasingly intertwined and asks "does this matter?" Looking at how "loot boxes" became the poster child for the convergence of gambling and gaming, Wardle traces how we got here. She argues that the int...

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Main Author: Wardle, Heather (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Edition:1st ed. 2021.
Series:Leisure Studies in a Global Era,
Subjects:
Sociology.
Popular Culture.
Communication.
Sports > Sociological aspects.
Sports sciences.
Mass media.
Media and Communication.
Sport Sociology.
Sport Science.
Media Sociology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. The Gambling Permeation? Cultural, Social and Economic Intersections Between Games and Gambling
  • Chapter 3. When Games and Gambling Collide: Modern Examples and Controversies
  • Chapter 4. Challenging "Play"
  • Chapter 5. Concluding Remarks.

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