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Genre/Form: | Thèses et écrits académiques |
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Material Type: | Document, Thesis/dissertation |
Document Type: | Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jeanne Piedallu; Dominique Desjeux; Renaud Garcia-Bardidia; Élisabeth Belmas; Thierry Wendling; Jean-Michel Costes; Université Paris Descartes (1970-2019).; École doctorale Sciences humaines et sociales : cultures, individus, sociétés (Paris / 1994-2019). |
OCLC Number: | 1250320155 |
Notes: | Titre provenant de l'écran-titre. |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Responsibility: | Jeanne Piedallu ; sous la direction de Dominique Desjeux. |
Abstract:
The present dissertation offers an analysis of the various regulations at work in contemporary poker whilst it is currently undergoing profound transformations, both technical (expansion of internet playing since the 90's) and legal (liberalization of the online gambling market in 2010). Through the notions of liberty and control, we endeavor to uncover and compare the different manners through which poker players, their representatives and institutions take part in the social regulation of a hobby related activity. We have identified and analyzed three different contexts of merchandised poker playing: underground “real-card” games; online and illegal games; and online and legal ones. Our principal aim is thus to investigate the evolution of a traditional form of hobby in the Internet era. Data has been gathered through a socio-anthropological approach, both inductive and qualitative. The results of the dynamic analysis of transgression and regulation mechanisms indicate that poker players (either individuals or groups) seek either to play with the rules - at a micro-social scale - or to play on the rules - at a macro-social scale. Moreover, our results show that the different forms of regulation (formal, informal, endogenous and exogenous) and their coexistence depend on both the legal (legal vs. illegal) and technical (online vs. offline) contexts of poker playing.
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