Esports scholarship review: Synthesis, contributions, and future research

AD Pizzo, Y Su, T Scholz, BJ Baker… - Journal of Sport …, 2022 - journals.humankinetics.com
Esports, or competitive video gaming competitions, bring together aspects of sports,
business, leisure, technology, and digital media, appealing to academics across multiple …

Definitions of esports: a systematic review and thematic analysis

J Formosa, N O'donnell, EM Horton, S Türkay… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
The esports market has been growing exponentially has been growing exponentially with
much interest from industry and academia. Perhaps because of this growth, there is a lack of …

Introducing esports coaching to sport coaching (not as sport coaching)

M Watson, D Smith, J Fenton… - Sports Coaching …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The popularity of electronic sports (esports) has increased over the last decade, and
knowledge has been shared between sports and esports. Yet, research on esports coaching …

Coaching and talent development in esports: a theoretical framework and suggestions for future research

K Bubna, MG Trotter, M Watson, R Polman - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Esports is a growing phenomenon that is capturing the attention of individuals worldwide,
and has grown to provide professional and lucrative careers for those who reach the upper …

The strategic advantage of mature-stage firms: Digitalization and the diversification of professional sport into esports

AD Pizzo, T Kunkel, GJ Jones, BJ Baker… - Journal of Business …, 2022 - Elsevier
Digital innovations provide mature organizations with opportunities to grow beyond their
core industry and thereby compete with formerly tangentially related firms. In this research …

Beyond the screen: do esports participants really have more physical health problems?

D Tang, KR Sum, R Ma, W Ho - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
This cross-sectional study aimed to explore the association between esports participation
and physical health and examine the difference in physical health problems between …

[HTML][HTML] The intellectual structure of esports research

V Jordan-Vallverdú, MA Plaza-Navas, JM Raya… - Entertainment …, 2024 - Elsevier
We aim to map the intellectual structure of eSports research in social Science to understand
its evolution and status. This article uses a cocitation analysis focused on eSports scientific …

Do we need esports ecology? Comparisons of environmental impacts between traditional sport and esports

WJ Ross, W Fisackerly - Journal of Electronic Gaming …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
The impact of climate change will require a closer examination of esports' environmental
impact and how the environment will impact esports. This paper presents a conceptual …

Sociohistorical development of sim racing in European and Asia-Pacific esports: A cross-cultural qualitative study

F Lefebvre, V Malinen, VM Karhulahti - Convergence, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
With the accelerated growth of the sim racing industry over the last few years, research on
the phenomenon has started to emerge. Nonetheless, the history of sim racing remains …

28 How esports may influence the digitalization of the media ecosystem

TM Scholz - De Gruyter handbook of media economics, 2024 - degruyter.com
The impact of esports on the media industry has been a topic of interest in recent years due
to the rapid growth and maturation of the esports industry. Esports provides valuable insights …