So how can Sports benefit from working with Esports? We ask Dr Tobias Scholz about his new research in the International Journal of Esports on the Esports Research Report hosted by Dr Stephanie Orme and Dr Brian McCauley. Esports can help revitalize traditional sports, reach a young audience, and venture into the digital society. But it all depends on a […]
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Reconsidering the Value of the Esports Industry: New Research & New Thinking
The One Billion Dollar Myth: Methods for Sizing the Massively Undervalued Esports Revenue Landscape by Joseph Ahn, William Collis, Seth Jenny In our new paper titled “The One Billion Dollar Myth: Methods for Sizing the Massively Undervalued Esports Revenue Landscape” published in the first issue of the new academic journal International Journal of Esports, we mathematically reveal how the commonly cited 2019 esports […]
Release of a Special Issue on Esports in the International Journal on Media Management
In the Issue of the International Journal on Media Management, a special issue edited by Tobias Scholz was just released. The focus was on the deciphering the world of esports and how this field is impacting the current media management research. Esports is a unique industry that has elements of media on it, but at the same time, it is […]
Esports is more than just sports – A proposition to move beyond the existing discourse
Being an esports researcher in Germany is always an ambivalent experience. On the one hand, Germany was the birthplace of ESL and Freaks 4U, is the home of the League of Legends European Championship (LEC), and it can sometimes show its innovative side as seen with FC Schalke 04, as one of the first Football teams with a dedicated League of Legends team. On […]
