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addiction
Asheron's Call
Asheron’s Call
Author_Faltin Karlsen
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digital leisure studies
Electronic Gambling Machines
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excessive
Excessive Gaming
excessive online gaming behaviour
Gambling Games
game
Game Addict
Game Mechanics
Game Universe
games
gaming
Griffiths 2010a
Impulse Control Disorder
Internet Addiction
Lich King
Loyalty Programmes
media effects research
Media Panics
MMORPG Player
online
Online Game Addiction
Online Games
pathological gaming
player motivation analysis
players
playing
Playing Habits
Problem Gambling
Problem Gaming
Raiding Guild
Self-determination Theory
Short Term Detrimental Effects
sociology of technology
Variable Ratio Reinforcement Schedules
Variable Ratio Schedules
video
virtual ethnography
warcraft
Warcraft Players
Product details
- ISBN 9781409427636
- Weight: 476g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 09 Aug 2013
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book explores gaming culture, focusing on competent players and excessive use. Addressing the contested question of whether addiction is possible in relation to computer games - specifically online gaming - A World of Excesses demonstrates that excessive playing does not necessarily have detrimental effects, and that there are important contextual elements that influence what consequences playing has for the players. Based on new empirical studies, including in-depth interviews and virtual ethnography, and drawing on material from international game related sites, this book examines the reasons for which gaming can occupy such a central place in people's lives, to the point of excess. As such, it will be of interest to sociologists and psychologists working in the fields of cultural and media studies, the sociology of leisure, information technology and addiction.
Faltin Karlsen is Professor of Media Studies at The Norwegian School of Information Technology, Norway.
