Esports Motivations

What's Driving the Fastest Growing Sports Phenomenon?

Lee K. Farquhar, Ryan Rogers (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

154 Seiten

2024
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-6669-1357-6 (ISBN)

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This volume explores the many unique motivations driving the rapid growth of the esports industry from a variety of perspectives and theoretical vantage points. Contributors examine the traditions, cultures, expectations, and rituals that factor into decisions to play and watch esports.

This edited volume explores the various and unique motivations driving the rapidly-growing esports industry, which attracts attention and financial investment from major sponsors, athletic organizations, and entertainment values. Contributors draw on a variety of perspectives and theoretical vantage points to examine the multitude of traditions, cultures, expectations, and rituals that different stakeholders factor into their motivation to play and watch esports. Scholars of media studies, game studies, communication, entertainment, and digital communities will find this volume of particular interest.

Lee K. Farquhar is associate professor of journalism and sports media. Ryan Rogers is an independent researcher.

Introduction: Esports Motivations
Chapter 1: Gamers…They’re Just Like Us!! A Uses and Gratifications Approach to Understanding the Parasocial Relationships between Esports Competitors and their Fans
Chapter 2: Development of a Paying Motivation Scale for Esports Consumption
Chapter 3: The Rules of Engagement: Exploring Regulatory Influences on Spectatorship
Chapter 4: Gambling in Esports: Its Rise and Impact
Chapter 5: Esports Motivations through Gaming History and Technological Development
Chapter 6: Multiplayer Support: Applying Elements of the Dual Social Support Model to Esports
Chapter 7: Collegiate Esports: Pedagogy, Concerns, and Connection During the COVID Crisis
Chapter 8: Self-determination Theory and Achievement Goal Theory in Esports
Chapter 9: In the Words of Gamers: The Mental Health Gratifications and Consequences of Video Games

Erscheinungsdatum	07.02.2024
Reihe/Serie	Emerging Insights into Esports
Co-Autor	Kenon A. Brown, Alexander E. Carter, Weiyue Chen
Zusatzinfo	2 Tables
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 236 mm
Gewicht	408 g
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Computerspiele
	Naturwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-6669-1357-X / 166691357X
ISBN-13	978-1-6669-1357-6 / 9781666913576
Zustand	Neuware