Vicki Abt
Biographic Data
| ID | 249932 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vicki Abt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vicki |
| FAMILY NAME | Abt |
| SIGNATURE | ABT V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pennsylvania State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Perspectives: “The Shameless World” Revisited
HBO's May 1997 special presentation Weapons of Mass Distraction, a scathingly dark satire written by Larry Gelbart, portrayed two megalomaniacal media titans vying with each other for more acquisitions and power and, of course, more profits. In the course of the moguls' viciously gleeful monopoly game, real people lost their real jobs, as companies merged and downsized, while characters were depicted happily mesmerized, watching what the media ba…
The Shameless World of Phil, Sally and Oprah: Television Talk Shows and the Deconstructing of Society
Commercial gambling and values in American society: The social construction of risk
Overview of public policy and commercial gambling
Advances in Field Theory
Introduction Advancing Field Theory PART ONE: THEORETICAL ADVANCES: THE BEGINNINGS Field Theory in Social Science What Made It Creative The Study of Everyday Life - Anitra Karsten Democracy in the Research Team - Ralph White Enthusiasm for the Work - Morton Deutsch Woe unto You that are a Grandchild - Kurt W Back Kurt Lewin's Films and Their Role in the Development of Field Theory - Mel van Elteren and Helmut E Luck PART TWO: THEORETICAL ADVANCES…
The Degenerates of Lake Tahoe: A Study of Persistence in the Social World of Horse Race Gambling. John D. Rosecrance
(1986). The Degenerates of Lake Tahoe: A Study of Persistence in the Social World of Horse Race Gambling. John D. Rosecrance. Journal of Leisure Research: Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 55-57
The Business of Risk: Commercial Gambling in Mainstream America
Gambling: The misunderstood sport— a problem in social definition
The prevailing social science perspective views gambling as a socially deviant activity with detrimental consequences for the individual and society. This paper presents an alternative perspective which views gambling as human play sharing much of the structural and functional components of acceptable sport activity. Gambling has conventional rules for defining participation, for determining legitimate winning and losing, and for judging expert p…
Gambling as Play
Individuals are socialized into a culture by means of various myths and rituals characteristic of that culture. Among the rituals that reflect, articulate, and transmit cultural myths are play and games. Materialism and competition are two distinguishing traits of the American character that are reflected in the games children and adolescents play; and in a world that encourages great expectations while offering diminishing opportunities for fulf…
Gambling as Play
Individuals are socialized into a culture by means of various myths and rituals characteristic of that culture. Among the rituals that reflect, articulate, and transmit cultural myths are play and games. Materialism and competition are two distinguishing traits of the American character that are reflected in the games children and adolescents play; and in a world that encourages great expectations while offering diminishing opportunities for fulf…
The Business of Risk: Commercial Gambling in Mainstream America
The Shameless World of Phil, Sally and Oprah: Television Talk Shows and the Deconstructing of Society
Gambling: The misunderstood sport— a problem in social definition
The prevailing social science perspective views gambling as a socially deviant activity with detrimental consequences for the individual and society. This paper presents an alternative perspective which views gambling as human play sharing much of the structural and functional components of acceptable sport activity. Gambling has conventional rules for defining participation, for determining legitimate winning and losing, and for judging expert p…
Gambling: The misunderstood sport— a problem in social definition
The prevailing social science perspective views gambling as a socially deviant activity with detrimental consequences for the individual and society. This paper presents an alternative perspective which views gambling as human play sharing much of the structural and functional components of acceptable sport activity. Gambling has conventional rules for defining participation, for determining legitimate winning and losing, and for judging expert p…
Gambling as Play
Individuals are socialized into a culture by means of various myths and rituals characteristic of that culture. Among the rituals that reflect, articulate, and transmit cultural myths are play and games. Materialism and competition are two distinguishing traits of the American character that are reflected in the games children and adolescents play; and in a world that encourages great expectations while offering diminishing opportunities for fulf…
The Degenerates of Lake Tahoe: A Study of Persistence in the Social World of Horse Race Gambling. John D. Rosecrance
(1986). The Degenerates of Lake Tahoe: A Study of Persistence in the Social World of Horse Race Gambling. John D. Rosecrance. Journal of Leisure Research: Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 55-57
The Business of Risk: Commercial Gambling in Mainstream America
Commercial gambling and values in American society: The social construction of risk
Overview of public policy and commercial gambling
Advances in Field Theory
Introduction Advancing Field Theory PART ONE: THEORETICAL ADVANCES: THE BEGINNINGS Field Theory in Social Science What Made It Creative The Study of Everyday Life - Anitra Karsten Democracy in the Research Team - Ralph White Enthusiasm for the Work - Morton Deutsch Woe unto You that are a Grandchild - Kurt W Back Kurt Lewin's Films and Their Role in the Development of Field Theory - Mel van Elteren and Helmut E Luck PART TWO: THEORETICAL ADVANCES…
The Shameless World of Phil, Sally and Oprah: Television Talk Shows and the Deconstructing of Society
Perspectives: “The Shameless World” Revisited
HBO's May 1997 special presentation Weapons of Mass Distraction, a scathingly dark satire written by Larry Gelbart, portrayed two megalomaniacal media titans vying with each other for more acquisitions and power and, of course, more profits. In the course of the moguls' viciously gleeful monopoly game, real people lost their real jobs, as companies merged and downsized, while characters were depicted happily mesmerized, watching what the media ba…
Sociology (7 works) · Gambling Behavior and Treatments (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)