Gendered Esports: Predicting Why Men and Women Play and Watch Esports Games

Tang, Tang; Cooper, Roger; Kucek, Jake

doi:10.1080/08838151.2021.1958815

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“…Since the main distinction between the two tasks is OHA’s introduction of distractor objects, we investigated whether participants responded differently based on their sex, but found no evidence to support this idea. A possible explanation is that male participants have trained their sensorimotor skills through their disproportionate representation in both sports, [ 51 – 53 ], and esports [ 54 ], with specific evidence existing that female players of action video games have faster visually guided responses than female non-players [ 55 ]. These sociocultural explanations have been previously put forward to explain why differences in visuospatial ability general favour male participants [ 24 ], though works in this field highlight multiple potential causes across biology and culture [ 22 – 24 ].…”

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Quantitatively assessing aging effects in rapid motor behaviours: a cross-sectional study

Moulton

Rudie

Dukelow

et al. 2022

J NeuroEngineering Rehabil

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Background An individual’s rapid motor skills allow them to perform many daily activities and are a hallmark of physical health. Although age and sex are both known to affect motor performance, standardized methods for assessing their impact on upper limb function are limited. Methods Here we perform a cross-sectional study of 643 healthy human participants in two interactive motor tasks developed to quantify sensorimotor abilities, Object-Hit (OH) and Object-Hit-and-Avoid (OHA). The tasks required participants to hit virtual objects with and without the presence of distractor objects. Velocities and positions of hands and objects were recorded by a robotic exoskeleton, allowing a variety of parameters to be calculated for each trial. We verified that these tasks are viable for measuring performance in healthy humans and we examined whether any of our recorded parameters were related to age or sex. Results Our analysis shows that both OH and OHA can assess rapid motor behaviours in healthy human participants. It also shows that while some parameters in these tasks decline with age, those most associated with the motor system do not. Three parameters show significant sex-related effects in OH, but these effects disappear in OHA. Conclusions This study suggests that the underlying effect of aging on rapid motor behaviours is not on the capabilities of the motor system, but on the brain’s capacity for processing inputs into motor actions. Additionally, this study provides a baseline description of healthy human performance in OH and OHA when using these tasks to investigate age-related declines in sensorimotor ability.

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Quantitatively assessing aging effects in rapid motor behaviours: a cross-sectional study

Moulton

Rudie

Dukelow

et al. 2022

J NeuroEngineering Rehabil

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“…The demand for esports match replay competition and performance purposes, whereas women are drawn to esports games' interactive features (i.e. socialization) and watch to escape from daily life (Tang et al, 2021). Women are normally less interested in competitive or violent games such as first-person shooting (FPS) games (Hartmann and Klimmt, 2006;Tang et al, 2021).…”

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“…socialization) and watch to escape from daily life (Tang et al, 2021). Women are normally less interested in competitive or violent games such as first-person shooting (FPS) games (Hartmann and Klimmt, 2006;Tang et al, 2021). Traditional demand factors, including outcome uncertainty (Xiao, 2020), match quality, and temporal factors (Wang and Fan, 2022;Watanabe et al, 2022), also significantly determine esports viewership.…”

Section: Esportsmentioning

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Returning for skill or popularity? The demand for esports match replay

Wang

2022

IJSMS

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PurposeAmong scholarly analyses of sport demand, few have considered the demand for match replays despite replays' indispensable role in sport broadcasts. Different from live matches, viewers of match replays generally have access to match outcomes. Outcome uncertainty is thus less relevant in attracting viewers. This paper addresses this research gap by analyzing the demand for replays of competitive esports matches.Design/methodology/approachWe collected match replay data for two competitive esports leagues, CrossFire Pro League and King Pro League, from two Chinese esports online platforms, Douyu.com and Huya.com. Drawing on two economic theories of superstar effects—a skilled-based theory and a popularity-based theory, we performed regression analyses and dominance analyses to examine the demand for esports match replays.FindingsOur results indicated skill to be more important in the demand for tactical games while non-skill-popularity is more instrumental in attracting viewers to replays of leisurely games. The platform with knowledge-sharing features also exhibited a stronger skill impact for tactical games.Originality/valueFindings contribute to the understanding of sport match replays and offer implications for esports organizers and broadcasters to market games effectively.

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“…Since the main distinction between the two tasks is OHA's introduction of distractor objects, we investigated whether participants responded differently based on their sex, but found no evidence to support this idea. A possible explanation is that male participants have trained their sensorimotor skills through their disproportionate representation in both sports, [44,45,46], and esports [47]. The arbitrary decision rule introduced for OHA may have then been sufficiently unfamiliar as to negate this training, an effect that has been reported in high-performance athletes [48].…”

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Quantitatively Assessing Aging Effects In Rapid Motor Behaviours: A Cross-Sectional Study

Moulton

Rudie

Dukelow

et al. 2022

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Background: An individual's rapid motor skills allow them to perform many daily activities and are a hallmark of physical health. Although age and sex are both known to affect motor performance, standardized methods for assessing their impact on upper limb function are limited. Methods: Here we perform a cross-sectional study of 643 healthy human participants in two interactive motor tasks developed to quantify sensorimotor abilities, Object-Hit (OH) and Object-Hit-and-Avoid (OHA). The tasks required participants to hit virtual objects with and without the presence of distractor objects. Velocities and positions of hands and objects were recorded by a robotic exoskeleton, allowing motor and cognitive parameters to be calculated for each trial. We verified that these tasks are viable for measuring performance in healthy humans and we examined whether any of the motor or cognitive parameters were related to age or sex. Results: Our analysis shows that both OH and OHA can assess rapid motor behaviours in healthy human participants. It also shows that cognitive parameters in these tasks decline with age, while motor parameters do not. Three cognitive parameters show significant sex-related effects in OH, but these effects disappear in OHA. Conclusions: This study suggests that the underlying effect of aging on rapid motor behaviours is not on the motor system per se, but on the brain's processing rate. Additionally, this study provides a baseline description of healthy human performance in OH and OHA when using these tasks to investigate age-related declines in sensorimotor ability.

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Gendered Esports: Predicting Why Men and Women Play and Watch Esports Games

Cited by 23 publications

References 22 publications

Quantitatively assessing aging effects in rapid motor behaviours: a cross-sectional study

Quantitatively assessing aging effects in rapid motor behaviours: a cross-sectional study

Returning for skill or popularity? The demand for esports match replay

Quantitatively Assessing Aging Effects In Rapid Motor Behaviours: A Cross-Sectional Study

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