The Esports Research Report is the ERN podcast where we talk to esports researchers and esports practitioners to deepen our understanding of this complex and multilayered world that continues to become a cornerstone of modern society. Presented by Stephanie Orme and Brian McCauley, each episode explores different topics based on the expertise of our guests. Researchers in esports discuss their work across a hug range of topics in different fields while practitioners and guests from the industry provide us with stories from the past as well as keeping us up to date with the latest developments in global esports. If you would like to take part please join the ERN discord (https://discord.gg/Kvtve2m) and talk to us or email Steph or Brian. The podcast is available on Youtube, Google, Apple & Spotify
| The Esports Research Report Episode 1 Dr Aaron Koshy discusses his role as the Chief Editor of a new open-access journal all about esports. The International Journal of Esports (https://www.ijesports.org/) means that research on esports will be available for anyone to read! |
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| The Esports Research Report Episode 2 Joseph Macey, finalising his PhD at the Gamification Group in Tampere Finland, discusses his research on the complex topic of gambling in esports. He also discusses his paper: Macey, J., & Hamari, J. (2019). eSports, skins and loot boxes: Participants, practices and problematic behaviour associated with emergent forms of gambling. New Media & Society, 21(1), 20-41. Feel free to email him for a copy. |
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| The Esports Research Report Episode 3 Dr Sarah Hays is the Vice President of a new organization that wants to make sure esports is accessible for everyone through a building a community to help queer women achieve their potential in esports. If you want to know more about Sarah’s work with mental health here is Take This: https://www.takethis.org/ which you can also follow on Twitter https://twitter.com/takethisorg |
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| The Esports Research Report Episode 4 (Part 1) This Episodes Guest: Dr Seth Jenny The one billion dollar myth: Methods for sizing the massively undervalued esports revenue landscape https://www.ijesports.org/article/15/… Virtual(ly) Athletes: Where eSports Fit Within the Definition of “Sport” https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1… Twitter: @DrSethJenny https://twitter.com/DrSethJenny |
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| The Esports Research Report Episode 4 (Part 2) This Episodes Guest: Dr Seth Jenny The one billion dollar myth: Methods for sizing the massively undervalued esports revenue landscape https://www.ijesports.org/article/15/… Virtual(ly) Athletes: Where eSports Fit Within the Definition of “Sport” https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1… Twitter: @DrSethJenny https://twitter.com/DrSethJenny |