Understanding Esports

An Introduction to the Global Phenomenon
Herausgeber: Rogers, Ryan

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a broad view of the history, experience, and impact of professional Esports as it has shifted the cultural and athletic landscape during its rise.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9781498589826
• ISBN-10: 1498589820
• Artikelnr.: 62480820

Autorenporträt

Edited by Ryan Rogers - Contributions by Kelly L. Adams; Andrew C. Billings; Nick Bowman; Jessalyn Coble; Gregory A. Cranmer; Gabriella Devia-Allen; Ellen B. Drogin Rodgers; Catherine Einstein; Lee K. Farquhar; John George IV; Mark Grabowski; David P. Hed

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: What is Esports?
Chapter 2: Can Video Games be a Sport? Debating and Complicating Esports as
Physical Competitions
Chapter 3: The Origins of Esports: A Half-Century History of an "Overnight"
Success
Chapter 4: Competition Formats in Esports
Chapter 5: No Time for Lag: Newspaper Coverage of Esports, 2000-2018
Chapter 6: Esport Spectator Motivation
Chapter 7: The Esports Consumer Experience
Chapter 8: The Motivations of Esports Players
Chapter 9: Fighting Games and Social Play
Chapter 10: Sports Video Games (SVGs) in the Esports Landscape
Chapter 11: Not Your Average Sunday Driver: The Formula 1 Esports Series
World Championship
Chapter 12: Counter-Strike or Counterpublic? Audience Creation,
Transnational Discourses, and the Rhetorical Legitimation of Esports in
TBS's ELEAGUE
Chapter 13: The Law of Esports
Chapter 14: Leveraging Esports in Higher Education