Esports and the Media

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.

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.

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