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Digital Gambling Cesar Albarran-Torres (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)

Digital Gambling By Cesar Albarran-Torres (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)

Summary

This book develops the concept of gamble-play media, describing how some gambling and gambling-like practices are increasingly mediated by digital technologies.

Digital Gambling Summary

Digital Gambling: Theorizing Gamble-Play Media by Cesar Albarran-Torres (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)

This book develops the concept of gamble-play media, describing how some gambling and gambling-like practices are increasingly mediated by digital technologies. Digital gambling brings gambling closer to the practices and features of videogames, as audio-visual simulations structure users' experiences. By studying digital gambling from media studies, videogame and cultural studies approaches, this book offers a new critical perspective on the issues raised by computer-mediated gambling, while expanding our perspective on what media and gambling are. In particular, it critically analyses terrestrial, mobile and online slot machines, online poker and stock trading apps through a selection of case studies.

Digital Gambling Reviews

I am thrilled to recommend a book that is essential reading for students and scholars working across gambling and gaming studies. At last, we have a rigorous, creative and thought-provoking study to help us make sense of proliferating platforms and products that are blurring the lines between entertainment and investment in everyday life. Albarran-Torres' concept of 'digital gamble-play' is quite literally a game-changer. --Fiona Nicoll , Research Chair in Gambling Policy with the Alberta Gambling Research Institute and the Department of Political Science at University of Alberta, Canada

About Cesar Albarran-Torres (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)

Cesar Albarran-Torres is Lecturer in Media and Communications at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.

Table of Contents

Preface: The VIP Lounge Introduction. Digital gambling as media Part I. Gamble-play theory 1. Towards a theory of gamble-play 2. Smoke and mirrors: procedural rhetoric in gamble-play 3. Gamble-play media and practices of consumption Part II. Gamble-play platforms 4. Gamble-play and popular culture: when slots meet Hollywood 5. Gamble-play as Second Life: the case of PKR 6. Mobile gamble-play apps: a casino in your pocket . Gambling with markets: stock trading apps and the logic of gamble-play Postface: Gamble-play in the societies of control

Additional information

NPB9780367591724
9780367591724
0367591723
Digital Gambling: Theorizing Gamble-Play Media by Cesar Albarran-Torres (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)
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Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2020-08-14
244
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