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Besombes, N. & Jenny, S. E. (2023). Paradoxical Effects of the Health Crisis within the Esports Industry: How French Esports Organizations Illuminate the Perceived Revenue Growth Façade. Palgrave Macmillan.
Besombes, N., & Jenny, S. E. (2022). The Truth about Esports during the Pandemic: Generalizable Economic Sustainability Lessons Learned in France. Jönköping University.
Białecki, Andrzej & Xenopoulos, Peter & Dobrowolski, Pawel & Białecki, Robert & Gajewski, Jan. (2024). ESPORT: Electronic Sports Professionals Observations and Reflections on Training. Physical Culture and Sport Studies and Research.…
Brain, J., Quartiroli, A., & Wagstaff, C. R. (2024). Transitioning From Traditional Sport to Esport: Exploring Sport Psychology Practitioners’ Experiences. The Sport Psychologist (published online ahead of print 2024).…
This article analyzes the relationship between student productive labor, or the creation of media content like podcasts or graphic designs, and the institutionalization of collegiate esports. Through 19 semi-structured interviews with students and…
Brewer, J., Romine, M., & Taylor, T. L. (2020). Inclusion at Scale: Deploying a Community-Driven Moderation Intervention on Twitch. In DIS2020, July 06-10, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Brown, M., & Anderson, S. L. (2021). Designing for Disability: Evaluating the State of Accessibility Design in Video Games. Games and Culture, 16(6), 702-718.
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Catarina N. Matias, Joana Cardoso, Margarida L. Cavaca, Sofia Cardoso, Rita Giro, João Vaz, Pedro A. Couto, Artemisa Rocha Dores, Tiago B. Ferreira, G.M. Tinsley, Filipe J. Teixeira (2023). Game on: A cross-sectional study on gamers’ mental health,…
Devereux, L., Raggiotto, F., Scarpi, D. and Moretti, A. (2021). Promoting Within Sport: An Exploration of Creativity in Traditional, Extreme and Esports Contexts. In: Pantano, E. (Ed.), Creativity and Marketing: The Fuel for Success (pp. 19-32).…
Dupuy, A., Campbell, M. J., Harrison, A. J., & Toth, A. J. (2024). On the necessity for biomechanics research in esports. Sports Biomechanics, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/14763141.2024.2354440
Filotrani, L. (2023). MAINSTREAM MEDIA COVERAGE (UK) OF ESPORTS TOURNAMENT THE ‘EPREMIER LEAGUE’ FINALS 2019 AND 2021. A MIXED-METHODS STUDY. PhD Thesis London South Bank University School of Arts and Creative Industries…
In this paper, I examine the theoretical foundations of esports anti-doping policies. Specifically, I focus on the health- and integrity-related arguments on which esports organizations rely to justify their anti-doping efforts and how the arguments…
This study investigates the video game play of a multiplayer firstperson shooter, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, as part of an esports programme at a vocational school. The game environment is multilingual, and the focal participants are all…
Gandolfi, E. (2016). To Watch or to Play, it is in the Game. The Game Culture on Twitch. Tv Among Performers, Plays and Audiences. Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds, 8(1), 63-82.
Giertz, J., Weiger, W. H., Törhönen, M., & Hamari, J. (2020). Understanding the What and How of Successful Social Live Streaming. Proceedings of the 4th International GamiFIN Conference 2020, 167-176.
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Hattingh, W., Van den Berg, L. and Bevan-Dye, A. (2023). The “why” behind generation Y amateur gamers' ongoing eSports gameplay intentions. Emerald Publishing.
This study investigates the roles and responsibilities of eSports stakeholders in ensuring eSports players’ health and wellbeing through the following research questions: (1) What are the roles and responsibilities of different stakeholders in…
Hilvert-Bruce, Z., Neil, J. T., Sjoblom, M., & Hamari, J. (2018). Social Motivations of Live-streaming Viewer Engagement on Twitch. Computers in Human Behavior, 84, 58-67.
Ho, S. (2019). Nationalism in a Virtual World: A League of Legends Case Study. In J. Hiltscher & T. M. Scholz (Eds.), eSports Yearbook 2017/18 (pp. 74–96). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH.
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Jenny, S. E., & Pastore, R. (2023). A Bunch of Big Idiots Smack into Each Other” – A Mixed-Method Investigation of Learning Rugby through Video Gaming Compared to Traditional Instruction. Elsevier.
Jenny, S. E., Chung, J., & Krause, J. M. (2022). Sport Video Gaming Verses Direct Instruction: Examining Sport Knowledge and Future Sport Intention. Creative Commons.
Jenny, S. E., Gawrysiak, J., & Besombes, N. (2021). Current Landscape of Higher Education Performance
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Jenny, S. E., Keiper, M. C., ^Taylor, B. J., Williams, D. P., Gawrysiak, J., Manning, R. D., & Tutka, P. M. (2018). eSports Venues: A New Sport Business Opportunity. Journal of Applied Sport Management.
Jenny, S. E., Krause, J. M., & Armstrong, T. (2021). Technology for Physical Educators, Health Educators, and Coaches: Enhancing Instruction, Assessment, Management, Professional Development, and Advocacy. Human Kinetics
Jenny, S., Gawrysiak, J., & Besombes, N. (2021). Esports.edu: An Inventory and Analysis of Global Higher Education Esports Academic Programming and Curricula. International Journal of Esports.
Johnson, M. R., & Woodcock, J. (2019). ‘It’s like the Gold Rush‘: The Lives and Careers of Professional Video Game Streamers on Twitch.tv. Information, Communication and Society, 22(3), 336-351.
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Kartal, M. (2023). Accessibility Technologies in Esports and Their Impact on Quality of Life in People with Physical Disabilities. International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences.
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Krause, J. M., & Jenny, S. E. (2023). Physical Educators’ Exergaming Integration Experiences, Attitudes, and Self-Efficacy Beliefs. Sagamore Publishing.
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Lefebvre, F., Besombes, N., & Chanavat, N. (2024). Analysis of the interactions among core stakeholders of the Olympic media ecosystem: conditions for a value creation proposition of the Olympic Virtual Series. Journal of Media Business Studies,…
M. Nicholson, C. McNulty, T. Pavey, D. Poulus, C. Thompson, R. Robergs, V. Kelly (2023). Quantifying Physical Activity and Self-Determination towards Exercise among Esports Players. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport.
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Pérez Cortés, L. E. (2024). Literacies at play: Digital-age literacies in high school esports. In Literacies of the Esports Ecosystem (pp. 11–66). Brill.
This study explores if and how perceived Esports streamer credibility influences the audience’s attitude toward the brand endorsed by the streamer. Results from a survey
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