Assessing the Playing Field: A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Internet Sports Gambling Behavior

Internet gambling is growing rapidly, as is concern about its possible effect on the public’s health. This paper reports the results of the first prospective longitudinal study of actual Internet sports gambling behavior during eight study months. Data include recorded fixed-odds bets on the outcome of sporting contests and live-action bets on the outcome of events within contests for 40,499 Internet sports gambling service subscribers who enrolled during February 2005. We tracked the following primary gambling behaviors: daily totals of the number of bets made, money bet, and money won. We transformed these variables into measures of gambling involvement. We analyzed behavior for both fixed-odds and live-action bets. The median betting behavior of the 39,719 fixed-odds bettors was to place 2.5 bets of €4 (approximately $5.3 US) every fourth day during the median 4 months from first to last bet. This typical pattern incurred a loss of 29% of the amount wagered. The median betting behavior of the 24,794 live-action bettors was to place 2.8 wagers of €4 every fourth day during the median duration of 6 weeks at a loss of 18% of the amount wagered. We also examined the behavior of empirically determined groups of heavily involved bettors whose activity exceeded that of 99% of the sample.     

论网络生活与公共文明建设

互联网对公共文明建设提出新要求,可从认知方式、法律与道德标准、舆论引导与监督三个维度加以考察.网络公共文明建设催生公共生活新规则,我国的网络公共文明尚处于低位发展水平,要加强网络治理能力建设,处理好公共生活中现有的规则与互联网所要求的生活方式之间的关系,培育公民养成在网络生活中做到权利与义务的统一.网络公共文明建设路径的研究趋向,可从人的网上行为、网络公共文明的基础理论、互联网制度（规则）建设、网络公共文明的教育方式和方法等方面展开.     

网络冲突与文化认同

在网络冲突中不仅以数字的方式模拟了现实社会的冲突．而且也折射了现实社会的脱序状态，文化的认同是社会和谐的助推器，只有从内外净化网络文化环境。增进文化认同，缓和网络冲突，促进网络和谐。才有真正意义的和谐社会。     

大学生网络情感社会化过度现象分析及对策研究

对大学生网络情感社会化及大学生网络情感社会化的过度进行了内涵界定,从情感社会学的理论视角出发,对现实生活中的大学生网络情感社会化过度现象进行了理论解析,并探讨提出文化阵地、法律制度、意识形态、个性情感、思想观念等五方面的对策建议。     

The limits of planning in China: equalizing basic education through the Internet

Planning, in its reinvented form, is an important tool for government macro-steering, but the role of the Internet in planning has been overlooked by researchers. Educational reforms are illustrative of the planning processes that characterize policy-making in China. Through a case study of educational policy in Qingbaijiang District in Chengdu, this paper examines how the Internet changes the limits of planning in educational equalization. The trial-site status of the district allows us to see how pragmatic adaptation of the new technology works on the ground, enabling an overall improvement in quality. However, at the same time, this strengthens elite schools, thus, paradoxically, creating inequality on a different level. Hence, this is a unique case to understand the limits of planning in China, and the key implication for research is that the Internet – and indeed techno-science as a social order – should be included in future analyses of planning.     

The Security of Gambling and Gambling with Security: A Rejoinder

Social media has become an established tool to engage and maintain customer loyalty. However, its successful use involves a balance between promotion, public relations and corporate social responsibility. Nineteen individuals working in the Australian gambling industry were interviewed. The aim was to explore how gambling operators are using social media to engage with users and promote products, their considerations underpinning these actions, and the extent to which responsible gambling practices are included. All operators were active on social media and used these platforms to attempt to increase customer engagement and strengthen existing relationships. Gambling-related content was usually balanced against non-gambling content, or operators focused exclusively on non-gambling content. Sales goals or raising revenue were not direct aims of social media use. Operators sought to use social media as an indirect way to maintain their customer base and attract new customers via favourable ratings and information transfer. Few operators provided specific responsible gambling messages, despite being mindful of the dangers of targeting vulnerable populations, specifically young people and problem gamblers. This study is unique as it provides an in-depth first-hand account of how gambling operators are using social media.     

Attitudes and Opinions Regarding the Use of the Internet for Continuing Education Among Social Workers

SUMMARY

Development of continuing education opportunities for social work license renewal requires participant access to the Internet, knowledge of the Internet's use and willingness to enroll in such programs. A survey of a random sample of licensed social workers in New Mexico revealed that 71% of participants (N = 403) have used the Internet while 61% reported no formal training in the use of the Internet and its features. Findings are reported that reveal substantial interest among subjects in the Internet as a medium for continuing education programs for license renewal.     

网络论争中的青年社会情绪及价值取向解读——以“上海地铁二运事件”为例

2012年,上海地铁第二运营有限公司发布的一条官方微博引发了广泛的网络论战。围绕"骚"与"扰"的问题,在政务微博的权威性与通俗性如何权衡、网络时代的社会公共服务管理应如何作为、权利的边界与自由的限度该如何界定、个性张扬与自由标榜中是否也存在着对他人人格与尊严的无视与冒犯、公序良俗与法律对社会秩序的维护起着怎样的作用等问题上所形成的话语盛宴,为我们提供了一个解读当下青年的社会情绪及价值取向的生动范本。     

史学研究网络学位论文资源概要

网络的发展为学者们利用各国的学位论文资源提供了便利。我国大陆与港台地区均开发了不少重要的学位论文数据库,国外一些国家与地区也提供了若干在线学位论文资源。利用网络学位论文资源,要注意各个数据库收录的范围,并同纸本学位论文或已刊专著对照使用。     

网络“审丑”泛化对大学生思想行为的影响及对策研究

伴随着互联网技术的迅速发展，网络已经深入到大学生生活的每个角落，在缤纷复杂的网络世界中，形形色色的信息充斥着大学生的视野。当媒体和个人都以不健康的眼光对待网络审丑时，错误的世界观、人生观、价值观、与审美观就可能使大学生难以明辨是与非、美与丑。以丑为美，趋丑避美，长此以往，网络审丑泛化将会给社会公众，尤其是正在成长的大学生造成思想混乱、主流价值观颠覆及社会主流文化形态变异的趋势，应引起我们高度重视，是网络思想政治教育领域迫切需要研究和亟待解决的新问题。