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Electronic sport and its impact on future sport
Kalle Jonasson,Jesper Thiborg +1 more
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In this paper, the authors discuss and analyse the "sporting qualities" of competitive computer games in relation to the definition of sport, and also forecast the future of competitive games in general.Abstract:
The mere mentioning of computer gaming (E-sport) as a form of sports is subversive, according to public health and media discourses. As a matter of fact, the two practices are considered to be oppositional. Sports are often regarded as a virtue, whereas computer gaming is looked upon as a vice. In this light, the basic aim of this essay is to discuss and analyse the ‘sporting qualities’ of competitive computer gaming in relation to the definition of sport. The reasoning will also forecast the future of competitive computer gaming. How might this new form of ‘sport’ develop and what impact will it have on future sports in general? We answer the question by presenting three possible futuristic scenarios. Might it even be that we are standing on the threshold of a new phase in the evolution of sports?read more
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eSport Gaming: The Rise of a New Sports Practice
TL;DR: The broadcast of certain e-sports events have become worldwide mass events as discussed by the authors, which is why it is difficult to see e-games as an actual sports sport and hence difficult to monitor them.
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Esports matrix: Structuring the esports research agenda
TL;DR: The proposed esports Matrix, presents four distinct realms that distinguish esports; esports as a representation of current physical sports (sports digitalisation), esports as traditional (multi-player) game experience (competitive multiplayer computer games), esports that modify existing sports, player rules and setups through digital augmentations (digitally enhanced sports), and new types of esports involving emerging technologies such as virtual and augmented reality (immersive reality).
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Pioneering eSport: The Experience Economy and the Marketing of Early 1980s Arcade Gaming Contests
Michael Borowy,Dal Yong Jin +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors historicize the development of e-sport (organized competitive digital games) in the early 1980s using three new conceptual frameworks: sport, marketing, and consumer practices.
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Sport and prosumption
David L. Andrews,George Ritzer +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors engage and extend understanding of the interrelated concepts of prosumption, the prosumer, prosumer capitalism, and McDonaldization in relation to the highly commodified and spectacu...
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eSports as An Emerging Research Context at CHI: Diverse Perspectives on Definitions
Guo Freeman,Donghee Yvette Wohn +1 more
TL;DR: This paper critically reviewed existing definitions/understandings of eSports in different disciplines and interviews 26 eSports players to explore diverse perspectives on what defines eSports as a starting point for further research.
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Man, Play and Games
Roger Caillois,Meyer Barash +1 more
TL;DR: Man, Play and Games as mentioned in this paper is a companion volume to Caillois's Man and the Sacred, which defines play as a free and voluntary activity that occurs in a pure space, isolated and protected from the rest of life.
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Sport in Society: Issues and Controversies
TL;DR: The socology of sport has been studied extensively in the past and the present, see as discussed by the authors for a survey of some of the main areas of interest in sport in the social sciences.
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The Ambiguity of Play
TL;DR: Sutton-Smith as mentioned in this paper explored play theories rooted in seven distinct rhetorics, including the ancient discourses of fate, power, communal identity, and frivolity, and the modern discourse of progress, the imaginary and the self.
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The Ambiguity of Play
TL;DR: Sutton-Smith as discussed by the authors explored play theories rooted in seven distinct rhetorics, including the ancient discourses of fate, power, communal identity, and frivolity, and the modern discourse of progress, the imaginary and the self.
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From Ritual to Record: The Nature of Modern Sports
TL;DR: The Fascination of FootballIndividualism Reconsidered: A Retrospective Critique from Ritual to Record as discussed by the authors is a good starting point for this discussion.Play, Games, Contests, SportsFrom Ritual to recordCapitalism, Protestantism, and Modern SportWhy Baseball Was Our National Game