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Professionalized consumption and identity transformations in the field of eSports
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In this article, the authors explore the social world and self-concept dynamics underlying this form of consumer behavior and highlight that professionalized pursuits can be conceived as distinct fields of cultural production.About:
This article is published in Journal of Business Research.The article was published on 2016-01-01. It has received 125 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social dynamics & Consumer behaviour.read more
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What Is eSports and Why Do People Watch It
Juho Hamari,Max Sjöblom +1 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that escapism, acquiring knowledge about the games being played, novelty and eSports athlete aggressiveness were found to positively predict eSport spectating frequency.
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What is eSports and why do people watch it
Juho Hamari,Max Sjöblom +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate why people spectate eSports on the internet and find that escapism, acquiring knowledge about the games being played, novelty and eSports athlete aggressiveness positively predict eSport spectating frequency.
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eSports – Competitive sports or recreational activity?
Kirstin Hallmann,Thomas Giel +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reflect on whether eSports can be considered as sport based on evaluating five characteristics of sport and assessing them for eSports, and different opportunities how marketers and managers can attend to eSports are outlined.
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The Psychology of Esports: A Systematic Literature Review
TL;DR: It is suggested that future research should focus on esport players’ psychological vulnerability because some studies have begun to investigate the difference between problematic and professional gambling and this might provide insights into whether the playing of esports could also be potentially problematic for some players.
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eSport: Construct specifications and implications for sport management
George B. Cunningham,Sheranne Fairley,Lesley Ferkins,Shannon Kerwin,Daniel Lock,Sally Shaw,Pamela Wicker +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the role of e-sports in sport management is discussed and the role that sport management can be seen as a form of sportification, and the association among sport and various outcomes including physical and psychological health, social well-being, sport consumption outcomes, and diversity and inclusion.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a synthesizing overview of consumer research addressing the sociocultural, experiential, symbolic, and ideological aspects of consumption is provided, with the aim of providing a viable disciplinary brand for this research tradition that we call consumer culture theory.
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Analysis and Interpretation of Qualitative Data in Consumer Research
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