Esports and the Media

Challenges and Expectations in a Multi-Screen Society
Herausgeber: Torres-Toukoumidis, Angel

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Produktbeschreibung

This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to the question of esports and their role in society. It will be of great interest to scholars, students, and anyone working in game studies, new media, leisure, sport studies, communication studies, transmedia literacy, and digital culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 118
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2024
• Abmessung: 216mm x 138mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032226781
• ISBN-10: 1032226781
• Artikelnr.: 70347528

Autorenporträt

Angel Torres-Toukoumidis completed his PhD in Communication under the research line 'Media Literacy' at the universities of Huelva, Seville, Málaga, and Cádiz. He is Principal Investigator of the first university games laboratory in Ecuador (GAMELAB-UPS http://gamelab.ups.edu.ec/). He is also currently Lecturer at the Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Ecuador.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Overview
1. E-sports in the Entertainment Industry: Overview
Part II: Media Platforms and Esports
2. The Social Media Impact of Esports: The Case of Esports on Facebook
Part III: Communicative Globalization of Esports
3. Live-Streaming Culture in the Esports Community
4. Marketing Strategies for Esports
5. Comparative Study of the Transmedia Element in Esports: America
Europe
and Asia
6. How the Negative Public View of Videogames Threatens Esports Sponsors
7. Communication Experts' Perspective on Esports