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Understanding Esports: An Introduction to the Global Phenomenon places professional Esports, a rapidly growing industry, in both the cultural and athletic landscape. This book explores how the rise of professional gaming has shaped—and been shaped by—media trends, interpersonal communication, and what it means to be classified as an athlete. Ryan Rogers has assembled contributors from a variety of backgrounds and experiences in order to provide a broad view of the history, experience, and impact of professional gaming. Scholars of media studies, communication, sports, and cultural studies will find this book especially useful.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: What is Esports?

Chapter 2: Can Video Games be a Sport? Debating and Complicating Esports as Physical Competitions

Chapter 3: The Origins of Esports: A Half-Century History of an "Overnight" Success

Chapter 4: Competition Formats in Esports

Chapter 5: No Time for Lag: Newspaper Coverage of Esports, 2000-2018

Chapter 6: Esport Spectator Motivation

Chapter 7: The Esports Consumer Experience

Chapter 8: The Motivations of Esports Players

Chapter 9: Fighting Games and Social Play

Chapter 10: Sports Video Games (SVGs) in the Esports Landscape

Chapter 11: Not Your Average Sunday Driver: The Formula 1 Esports Series World Championship

Chapter 12: Counter-Strike or Counterpublic? Audience Creation, Transnational Discourses, and the Rhetorical Legitimation of Esports in TBS's ELEAGUE

Chapter 13: The Law of Esports

Chapter 14: Leveraging Esports in Higher Education

Product details

Published Sep 18 2019
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 250
ISBN 9781498589802
Imprint Lexington Books
Illustrations 8 tables; 2 charts
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Ryan Rogers

Contributor

Kelly L. Adams

Contributor

Nick Bowman

Contributor

Jessalyn Coble

Contributor

Lee K. Farquhar

Contributor

John George IV

Contributor

Mark Grabowski

Contributor

Jue Hou

Contributor

James D. Ivory

Contributor

Kyra Keene

Contributor

Jake Kucek

Contributor

Madison Lanier

Contributor

Karen McGrath

Contributor

Maria A. Moore

Contributor

Michael Naraine

Contributor

Laura Purcell

Contributor

Andrew Shaw

Contributor

Brett Sherrick

Contributor

L. Paul Strait

Contributor

Damion Sturm

Contributor

Henry Wear

Contributor

Steve Young

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