Social Issues in Esports (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Tjønndal, Anne

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides important new insights into social issues in the rapidly growing field of esports, filling a gap in the literature that has, until now, been dominated by business and management perspectives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000789485
• Artikelnr.: 65687961

Autorenporträt

Anne Tjønndal is Head of the Department of Leadership and Innovation and Head of RESPONSE - Research Group for Sport and Society at Nord University, Norway. She is also Visiting Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Setting the scene
1. Introduction to social issues in esports
2. Social issues in esports: Current and emerging trends in research
Part II: Gender
3. The representation of women in Hearthstone esports
4. Leadership and gender inclusion in esports organisations
5. The importance of female characters in esports: A quantitative analysis of players' perceptions of gendered character representations in sports video games
Part III: Mental health and integrity issues
6. Stress and coping in esports
7. Doping in esports
8. 'Virtually cycling': The impact of technology
cheating
and performance enhancement in bicycle e-racing
Part IV: Diversity and inclusion
9. Understanding the potential for esports to support social inclusion agendas
10. The Olympic Movement and esports governance: Finding the right way of cooperating for diversity
equity
and inclusion
Part V: Conclusion
11. Conclusion: Moving forward in research on social issues in esports