Introduction / Dal Yong Jin (Simon Fraser University, Canada) -- Part I: History, Institutionalization, and Legitimization -- Chapter 2. The Future of Esports Institutions: A Comparative Analysis of "Late-Twentieth-Centruy Sports" and "Esports" Institutions / Rory K Summerley (Falmouth University, UK) -- Chapter 3. Sports versus eSports -- A Comparison of Industry Size, Viewer Friendliness, and Competitiveness / William Campbell, Amanda Goss, Kyle Trottier and Mark Claypool (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA) -- Chapter 4. eSports: A Chinese sport? / Milan Ismangil and Anthony Fung (Chinese University of Hong Kong) -- Chapter 5. Historiography of Korean Esports: Perspectives on Spectatorship / Dal Yong Jin (Simon Fraser University, Canada) -- Part II. Money, Power, and Network -- Chapter 6. The Business Model Network of eSports: The Convergence of Overwatch / Tobias M. Scholz (University of Siegen, Germany) -- Chapter 7. Statistics, Spectatorship, and the "Attention Economy" of Esport / Ben Egliston (University of Sydney, Australia) -- Chapter 8. Counting Clicks: Esports, Neoliberalism, and the Afffective Power of Gameplay Metrics / Tom Brock (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) -- Chapter 9. Esports Transmedia Universes: The Case of Overwatch / Raine Koskimaa, Tanja Valisalo, Maria Ruotsalainen, and Veli-Matti Karhulahti (University of Jyvaskyla, Finland) Part III. Media and eSports -- Chapter 10. Orienting eSports: Locating the perceptual and cultural work of shoutcasters / Max Renner and Dr. Nicholas Taylor (North Carolina State University, USA) -- Chapter 11. Convergence of Music and eSports / Yaewon Jin & Tae-Jin Yoon (Yonsei University, Korea) -- Chapter 12. Esports, Australianness, and Beating New Zealand: Portrayals of Esports in Mainstream Australian News Media / David Cumming (The University of Melbourne, Australia) -- Chapter 13 The Emergence and Transformation of Global Esports: Comparative Perspectives of Korean and Canadian Esports Scenes / Dal Yong Jin (Simon Fraser University, Canada) -- Part IV. Collegial eSports, Youth Culture, and Gender -- Chapter 14. Are eSports only for 'youth'? How Ageing and the Institutionalization of eSports Blur the Generational Lines of Video Game Culture / Dan Padua (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) -- Chapter 15. The Emergence of College eSports in North America / Nyle Sky Kauweloa (University of Hawaii, USA) -- Chapter 16. Gaming on Campus: The Promotion of eSports in Chinese Universities / Paul Martin and Wei Song (University of Nottingham Ningbo China) -- Chapter 17. A Balance Between Community and Competition in Public Spaces / Ying-Ying Law (Staffordshire University, UK) -- About the Contributors -- Index
Summary:
"Global eSports explores the recent surge of eSports in the global scene and comprehensively discusses people's understanding of this spectacle. By historicizing and institutionalizing eSports, the contributors analyze the rapid growth of eSports and its implications in culture and digital economy. Dal Yong Jin curates a discussion as to why eSports has become a global phenomenon. From games such as Spacewar to Starcraft to Overwatch , a key theme, distinguishing this collection from others, is a potential shift of eSports from online to mobile gaming. The book addresses why many global game players and fans play and enjoy online and mobile games in professional game competitions, and therefore, they investigate the manner in which the transfer to, from and between online and mobile gaming culture is occurring in a specific subset of global youth. The remaining focus identifies the major platforms used to enjoy eSports, including broadcasting and smartphones. By analyzing these unexamined or less-discussed agendas, this book sheds light on the current debates on the growth of global eSports culture."-- Provided by publisher.
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