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]

Addiction by Design
First edition
AuthorNatasha Dow Schüll
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAddiction
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Publication date
May 11, 2014
Publication placeUnited States
ISBN0691160880

The book received attention in connection with how current information technologies, in certain contexts, can make people addicted.[3][6]

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  1. ^ "Addiction By Design". Princeton University Press. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  2. ^ Schüll, Natasha Dow (2014). Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691160887.
  3. ^ a b Chris Hedges (2017-04-02). "A Nation of the Walking Dead". Truthdig.
  4. ^ Noren, Laura (September 6, 2012). "Can objects be evil? A review of "Addiction by Design"".
  5. ^ Cosgrave, Jim (2015). "Review: [Untitled] on JSTOR". The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie. 40 (4): 551–554 – via JSTOR.
  6. ^ Natasha Singer (5 December 2015). "Can't Put Down Your Device? That's by Design". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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