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Disclosure
§ Funding sources
§ Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ-SC) § Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
§ No conflict of interest
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Reframing the gambling field: epistemological and methodological - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Reframing the gambling field: epistemological and methodological - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Reframing the gambling field: epistemological and methodological shifts and the study of the gambling/gaming convergence Sylvia Kairouz, Ph.D. Department of Sociology and Anthropology Concordia University Addictions 2017 Lisbon, October
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Outline
§ Historical perspective: Origin and evolution of games § Divergence of the two-fields:
§ Theoretical perspectives § Methodological approaches
§ Convergences of the two-fields:
§ The influence of digital technologies § The zones of contentions § The unanswered questions
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Origin of the study of games
Both gaming and gambling were originally studied using similar theoretical approaches:
§ Social psychology / social learning theory (Bandura, 1986) § Symbolic interactionism / microsociology (Blumer, 1969) § Social context (Goffman, 1961)
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Historical evolution
Society of the study
- f play
GAMING GAMBLING Micro- social encounters Symbolic interactionism Social Psychology Both fields went in different directions
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(Bandura, 1986) (Blumer, 1969; Goffman, 1961)
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Disciplinary divide
Predominance
- f psychological
theories Individually- based analysis Problem-based analysis Quantitative population- based approaches
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Predominance of sociological theories Context- based analysis Qualitative approach based on the lived experience Focus on the benefits of consuming games
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Contrasting the fields
GAMING Socially acceptable Focus on positive impacts Exclusion of harm No regulations Large economic sector GAMBLING Socially sanctioned Focus on harm Exclusion of positive experience Market largely regulated Large economic sector
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Contrasting the fields
GAMING Socially acceptable Focus on positive impacts Exclusion of harm No regulations Large economic sector GAMBLING Socially sanctioned Focus on harm Exclusion of positive experience Market largely regulated Large economic sector
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Gamification Gamblification
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Evolution and changes
Sociality Interactivity
Gambling
Reward system Monetary transactions
Gaming
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Evolution and changes
Overlapping
Gaming Gambling New challenges
Hybrid Gam(bl)ing
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New symbolic-interactionist framework ?
Multidimensional Interactional context Multilevel Interpersonal level & social life Dynamic Objects of
- rientation of
feelings & actions
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Complexity in contexts
Emergence = process out of which new, novel, or revitalized social entities arise, that constitute change in everyday routines, practices & perspectives constitutive of new social life.
Pleasure Harm Meaning in contexts Objective realities Qualitative Quantitative
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Implication for gambling studies
§ Revisiting concepts pertaining to prevention in traditional gambling § Converging with basic notions in the gaming field:
§ The notion of play and pleasure § The importance of social context & sociality § The importance of the lived experience and the symbolic meaning of gambling § The notion of human agency
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New challenges for the gambling field
§ Investigating the complexity of new digitalized forms of gambling (& hybrid games) (Gainsbury et al., 2014; King et al., 2012; Schull, 2005):
§ Multilevel, multidimensional models § Dynamic models and integration of game/gamblers feedback loops. Feedback loops
Gamblers
Machine Gambling Data feedback Algorithm
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New challenges for the gambling field
§ Investigating new digitalized forms of gambling in relation to mobility (Green, 2002; Lupton, 2015; Pastinelli, 2006):
§ Connectivity, space, and games § Connectivity, time, and games § Redefining the dimensions of addictions – the importance of time § The notion of human agency
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