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Young people playing with risk: social networking and the normalisation of gambling behaviours

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Young people playing with risk: social networking and the normalisation of gambling behaviours. / Downs, Carolyn.
Leisure experiences: space, place and performance. ed. / Marion Stuart-Hoyle; Jane Lovell. Vol. 109 Eastbourne: Leisure Studies Association, 2010. p. 25-47.

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Harvard

Downs, C 2010, Young people playing with risk: social networking and the normalisation of gambling behaviours. in M Stuart-Hoyle & J Lovell (eds), Leisure experiences: space, place and performance. vol. 109, Leisure Studies Association, Eastbourne, pp. 25-47, Whatever happened to the leisure society? Critical and multidisciplinary [retro]spectives, Eastbourne, United Kingdom, 3/07/07.

APA

Downs, C. (2010). Young people playing with risk: social networking and the normalisation of gambling behaviours. In M. Stuart-Hoyle, & J. Lovell (Eds.), Leisure experiences: space, place and performance (Vol. 109, pp. 25-47). Leisure Studies Association.

Vancouver

Downs C. Young people playing with risk: social networking and the normalisation of gambling behaviours. In Stuart-Hoyle M, Lovell J, editors, Leisure experiences: space, place and performance. Vol. 109. Eastbourne: Leisure Studies Association. 2010. p. 25-47

Author

Downs, Carolyn. / Young people playing with risk : social networking and the normalisation of gambling behaviours. Leisure experiences: space, place and performance. editor / Marion Stuart-Hoyle ; Jane Lovell. Vol. 109 Eastbourne : Leisure Studies Association, 2010. pp. 25-47

Bibtex

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