Les jeux et les hommes

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify problem gambling by fixed criteria of harm adapted from those of substance abuse and by focusing on the individual gambler, however, rigid definitions neglect institution.

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Abstract: AimsProblem gambling is normally identified by fixed criteria of harm adapted from those of substance abuse and by focusing on the individual gambler. However, rigid definitions neglect institution...

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...(Group 3, Germany) Uncertainty a game of chance is characterised by the uncertainty of the outcome (Caillois 1958). understanding this uncertainty is an important facet of recreational gambling, but can also be corrupted in problematic gambling behaviour. applying the logic of chance to real life…...
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...However, for Caillois (1958) gambling is not synonymous with play....
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...Uncertainty a game of chance is characterised by the uncertainty of the outcome (Caillois 1958)....
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...For the Finnish GPs, misunderstanding the un- Unauthenticated Download Date | 12/16/16 1:05 PM 41NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS V O L ....
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...…by the everyday world and if it remains a leisure activity that is not taken too seriously (Caillois 1958) and vice versa, ‘disregard for the rules and confines of play can turn what used to be a leisure pursuit into a passion or even an obsession’ (Caillois, 1958, p. 103; transl. by authors)....
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Qu'Est-Ce Qu'un Champion ? La Compétition Sportive en Languedoc au Début du Siècle

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Guy Laurans

01 Oct 1990-Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales

TL;DR: A study of Languedoc sports circles at the beginning of the century indicates the problems involved in and slowness of the institutionalization of these procedures: the latter were preceded by a model of competition based on challenges as discussed by the authors.

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Abstract: What is Champion Sports Competitions in the Languedoc Region at the Beginning of the Century. ; ; Contemporary sports have developed meticulous procedures by which to designate their elite competitors through various kinds of championships. A study of Languedoc sports circles at the beginning of the century indicates the problems involved in and slowness of the institutionalization of these procedures: the latter were preceded by a model of competition based on challenges. Sports challenges are among the ancient forms of social competition valued in Mediterranean communities where modern sports and traditional games now meet up. The process of reinterpreting Anglo-Saxon sports as they spread geographically and socially throws into question the definition of sports as an autonomous field of practices, as well as its univocal function as a vector of cultu ral modernity.

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Narration in the Video Game

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Dominic Arsenault

06 Oct 2008

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Social motivations to use gamification: an empirical study of gamifying in relation to generational differences

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Dwi Teensma

01 Aug 2016

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...Games Free, no material interest, voluntary, uncertain, governed by rules, interesting choices, mastery, flow — Huizinga (1955), Caillois (1958), Avedon and Sutton-Smith (1971) To create experiences such as flow, intrinsic motivation, achievement and mastery...
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The structure of stratified systems and the structure of mobility: A first approximation to a structural theory of vertical mobility

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John Skvoretz, Bruce H. Mayhew

01 Jan 1988-Journal of Mathematical Sociology

TL;DR: In this paper, the rank-distance effect in vertical mobility has been investigated and it is shown that the rank distance effect can be generated even if movement is constrained by the size of the population over which wealth is distributed and the total amount of wealth to be distributed.

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Abstract: This essay summarizes an inquiry that explores relations between the structure of stratified systems and the processes of vertical mobility The inquiry considers economic stratification (the distribution of wealth) and is directed to determining whether the structural properties of stratification systems are sufficient to generate basic patterns in vertical mobility observed in empirical research, especially, the rank‐distance effect In particular, the question is whether these patterns can be generated even if movement is constrained by nothing more than the size of the population over which wealth is distributed and the total amount of wealth to be distributed Our results show that the rank‐distance effect emerges even under these minimal assumptions and, further, that rates and distances of vertical mobility are closely related to changes in these boundary parameters of a stratified system The basic theory developed to relate structure and mobility provides results that are highly consistent with m

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