Addiction by Design
2014 Non-fiction book about gambling
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Addiction by Design is a 2012 non-fiction book by Natasha Dow Schüll and published by Princeton University Press[1] that describes machine gambling in Las Vegas.[2] It offers an analysis of machine gambling and the intensified forms of consumption that computer-based technologies enable and the innovations that deliberately enhance and sustain the 'zone' which extreme machine gamblers yearn for.[3][4][5]
AuthorNatasha Dow Schüll
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAddiction
GenreNon-fiction
First edition | |
| Author | Natasha Dow Schüll |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Addiction |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Publication date | May 11, 2014 [paperback] |
| Publication place | United States |
| ISBN | 0691160880 |
The book received attention in connection with how current information technologies, in certain contexts, can make people addicted.[3][6]
