Intersections of Fandom in the Age of Interactive Media

Brown, Kenon A.; Billings, Andrew C.; Murphy, Breann; Puesan, Luis

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“…More importantly, eSports are inherently related to video and computer gaming, which seem to be intentionally ignored or marginalized by most previous studies due to the consistent stereotyping and stigmatization of video and computer gaming (Taylor, 2012; Witkowski, 2012). However, there is no doubt that video and computer gaming is a matrix of eSports, from which eSports originally emerged; eSports have their roots in video or computer gaming (Brown et al, 2017; Jonasson and Thiborg, 2010).…”

Section: Literature Discussionmentioning

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Self-enterprising eSports: Meritocracy, precarity, and disposability of eSports players in China

Lin¹,

Zhao

2020

International Journal of Cultural Studies

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The emerging realm of eSports has become an inescapable part of overall sports and game culture. However, this study investigates eSports beyond sports and games, regarding it as a meta-change in the context of neoliberal Chinese society. In particular, this study focuses on the practices of Chinese eSports players to explore research questions of why and how eSports practitioners, especially professional players in China, have transformed themselves into new, self-enterprising subjects. Based on data collected from our fieldwork and interviews, this study demonstrates that Chinese eSports players pursue meritocracy, suffer from precarity, and face disposability in the future. The study finally proposes questions for sports ontologies and the challenges that eSports have created for the games empire.

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Section: Literature Discussionmentioning

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Self-enterprising eSports: Meritocracy, precarity, and disposability of eSports players in China

Lin¹,

Zhao

2020

International Journal of Cultural Studies

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“…(3) Ethics and fair play. Specific ethics, norms, and codices such as fair play, sportsmanship, and respect for the opponent are crucial elements of esport (Baltezarević & Baltezarević, 2019;Brown et al, 2018;Martončik, 2015;Seo, 2016), although they can occur in distinguished manner compared to traditional sport (Whalen, 2013). This also expresses itself through the fact that esport players see themselves as athletes (Schaeperkoetter et al, 2017).…”

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“…(5) Fans and (media) attraction. Like in traditional sports, fandom expresses itself by loyalty towards players and teams (Brown et al, 2018;Choi, 2019;Xiao, 2020), but fans also feel a strong loyalty, towards their favorite esport title (Hayday & Collison, 2020;Karakus, 2015;. Ward and Harmon (2019) identify superstar economics establishing in esport, like in traditional sport, music, or acting.…”

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“…Ward and Harmon (2019) identify superstar economics establishing in esport, like in traditional sport, music, or acting. Twelve studies deliver insights on media consumption in esport, several of which show that esport consumption motives are similar to traditional sport consumption, like socialization, fandom and acquiring game related knowledge (Brown et al, 2018), fandom and uncertainty of outcome (Mangeloja, 2019), drama, escapism, and aesthetics (Xiao, 2020), competition and peer-pressure (Lee & Schoenstedt, 2011). Choi (2019) distinguishes between fans, passionates and addicts, and shows the different motives for each.…”

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The societal impact of electronic sport: a scoping review

Riatti

Thiel

2021

Ger J Exerc Sport Res

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Competitive computer gaming, known as electronic sport or esport, is growing and professionalizing profoundly during the past years with experts struggling to allocate it in society. This scoping review explores existing evidence and identifies potential societal impact of esport by applying the Mapping Elite Sports Societal Impact Model. Main findings included insights on the motivation of passive and active esport consumption, beneficial socializing, pedagogical or educational aspects, hegemonial clinical pictures in esport, differing popularity regarding demographics and games, and potential interference of the esport economy in traditional sports. The findings implicate a paradigm shift in the world of sport. It can be stated that esport affects society in a positive and a negative way, although the fragmented body of research has only given superficial evidence so far. Future research needs to go into detail regarding the peculiarities and find approaches of isolating the positive aspects, while reducing the negative spin-offs and allow a well-regulated handling of esport on a broad societal level.

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“…Playing for victory and recognition is very important for most players (Brown, Billings, Murphy, & Puesan, 2018). In addition, the winner, or a high position holder, either an individual player or a whole team, is rewarded with a money prize.…”

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eSports Evolution in Football Game Series

Zagała

Strzelecki

2019

Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research

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Sport used to be practiced and watched only live. Over time, it started to be broadcast by the radio or television. The development of sport on the Internet has led to the emergence of eSports and professionalization of virtual sports competitions. For some gamers playing computer games has turned into competition and later into the professionalization of the game. This paper explores the topic of electronic sports and virtual competition. It discusses eSports and the accompanying behaviors and practices. Authors delivered taxonomy of video game types, game modes and current phenomenon of both online and land-based tournaments as well eSports leagues. The paper also illustrates how gamers are preparing themselves for tournaments and a crucial role of gamers’ motivation. Authors present the FIFA football games series and its eSports application. The adopted research method allowed to obtain answers from n=452 gamers. Results show that 60% of gamers have been spending more than 7 hours a week playing games. More than half of gamers have been playing for more than ten years. Most players play in games because it is considered as a hobby. Most of the gamers consider eSports as a sport. Most of the players are also spectators, who had watched in streaming at least one eSports tournament We find that FIFA game series has an extensive eSports platform and filled the gap by exploring it. Gamers usually play 40 games each weekend in FIFA eSports league but casual eSports gamers and spectators rarely take part in land-based tournaments.

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Intersections of Fandom in the Age of Interactive Media

Cited by 73 publications

References 18 publications

Self-enterprising eSports: Meritocracy, precarity, and disposability of eSports players in China

Self-enterprising eSports: Meritocracy, precarity, and disposability of eSports players in China

The societal impact of electronic sport: a scoping review

eSports Evolution in Football Game Series

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