An article by Nepomuk Nothelfer & Tobias M. Scholz. Esports is often compared to sports, and this has led to an ongoing and often emotional discussion within the esports ecosystem as well as outside of it. The widespread underlying assumption is that esports needs to be modeled after traditional sports. Many advocates for this approach refer to the success of […]
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Esports and the “crisis” of masculinity in games
The global games industry is having a “#MeToo” moment – albeit not for the first time (Klepik, 2019). The last few weeks of June 2020 have brought with them public revelations of unsolicited sexual advances and predatory behaviors from every level of the games industry. On June 19, Twitch streamer Hollow_tide tweeted about an unnamed Destiny 2 player, referring to […]
Psychological and Physiological Stress in Esports
Playing esports can be considered a motivated performance (e.g., Pedraza-Ramirez et al., 2020) that if played competitively should lead to a psychophysiological stress response (e.g., Leis & Lautenbach, submitted). In general, stress is an interactive psychophysiological response that includes cognitive appraisal and physiological changes to threatening or demanding – but relevant – stimuli. Whereas the subjective response can be experienced […]
Summary of the 1st Esports Research Network Symposium in Jönköping
The phenomenon of esports escaped its niche in recent years and became an integral part of the digitized society. Esports titles like League of Legends fill arenas and events like the DreamHack evolved into festivals that attract so many people that a small city like Jönköping became a beacon for esports all over the world. Still, the topic of esports […]
The 1st ERN Symposium: Developing a Sustainable Future for Esports in the City of DreamHack
On November 27th and 28th 2019, the Esports Research Network with the Media, Management & Transformation Centre from Jönköping University will be hosting our first official symposium. The purpose of the symposium is to bring the worlds of research and industry together to develop an agenda towards working towards a sustainable future for Esports. 60 participants from Sweden and abroad […]
