About the Book

"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 casino design, gambling machines, and gamblers are drawn together into a kind of integrated circuit aimed at maximizing the gamblers' entrainment and the industry's profits."--Lucy A. Suchman, author of "Human-Machine Reconfigurations""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. Schull offers a provocative and important study of the imperative some people feel to lose themselves in a machine. The story told in the book is absolutely riveting."--Emily Martin, author of "Bipolar Expeditions"

Product Details

Media: Hardcover Book, 444 pages

Publication Date: Jun. 1st, 2012

Publisher: Princeton University Press

ISBN-10: 0691127557

ISBN-13: 9780691127552

Series: In-Formation (Hardcover)

Language: English

• Categories: Human Computer Interaction General Gambling Cultural Anthropology