Thomas Gibbons: 3 books
Audiovisual Regulation under Pressure
Comparative Cases from North America and Europe
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
In the face of globalization and new media technologies, can policy makers and regulators withstand deregulatory pressures on the ‘cultural policy toolkit’ for television? This comparative study provides an interdisciplinary investigation of trends in audiovisual regulation, with the focus on...
Debugging Game History
A Critical Lexicon
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
Essays discuss the terminology, etymology, and history of key terms, offering a foundation for critical historical studies of games.
Even as the field of game studies has flourished, critical historical studies of games have lagged behind other areas of research. Histories have generally been...
Genetic Influences on Addiction
An Intermediate Phenotype Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
A comprehensive review of research examining intermediary mechanisms to understand the link between genetic variation and addiction liability.
Although there is scientific consensus that genetic factors play a substantial role in an individual's vulnerability to drug or alcohol addiction, specific...