Theoretical and methodological developments guided by a cognitive theory of culture have
advanced our understanding of cultural processes over the past 40 years. The theoretical …

Winner of the 2019 Society for Anthropological Sciences Book Prize This book engages with
the issue of how culture is incorporated into individuals' lives, a question that has long …

Each year, more and more Americans travel out of the country seeking low cost medical
treatments abroad, including fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization (IVF). As the …

Research has established loneliness as a good predictor of intensive Internet use. But it is
not fully understood whether Internet activity lessens lonely individuals' felt distress (known …

The recent inclusion of gaming disorder in the ICD-11 as a mental disorder has further
increased the importance of researching the health spectrum related to gaming. A critical …

We employed ethnographic methods more attentive to insider gamer perspectives to
develop culturally-sensitive scale measures of online gaming involvement and its positive …

Extending classic anthropological “idioms of distress” research, we argue that intensive
online videogame involvement is better conceptualized as a new global idiom, not only of …

Systematic Methods for Analyzing Culture is a practical manual that provides step-by-step
instruction for collecting and analyzing cultural data. This compact guide explains complex …

Background Social connection has been linked to reduced disease risk and enhanced
antiviral immunity, but it is unclear whether online social connections have similar effects to …

On the basis of participant observation and questionnaire data, we consider the cultural
shaping of video gaming pleasure and distress in face-to-face gaming centers in Udaipur …