TY - GEN
T1 - ESports as an emerging research context at CHI
T2 - 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2017
AU - Freeman, Guo
AU - Wohn, Donghee Yvette
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2017 by the Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. (ACM).
PY - 2017/5/6
Y1 - 2017/5/6
N2 - This paper represents our first endeavor to explore how to better understand the complex nature, scope, and practices of eSports. Our goal is to explore diverse perspectives on what defines eSports as a starting point for further research. Specifically, we critically reviewed existing definitions/understandings of eSports in different disciplines. We then interviewed 26 eSports players and qualitatively analyzed their own perceptions of eSports. We contribute to further exploring definitions and theories of eSports for CHI researchers who have considered online gaming a serious and important area of research, and highlight opportunities for new avenues of inquiry for researchers who are interested in designing technologies for this unique genre.
AB - This paper represents our first endeavor to explore how to better understand the complex nature, scope, and practices of eSports. Our goal is to explore diverse perspectives on what defines eSports as a starting point for further research. Specifically, we critically reviewed existing definitions/understandings of eSports in different disciplines. We then interviewed 26 eSports players and qualitatively analyzed their own perceptions of eSports. We contribute to further exploring definitions and theories of eSports for CHI researchers who have considered online gaming a serious and important area of research, and highlight opportunities for new avenues of inquiry for researchers who are interested in designing technologies for this unique genre.
KW - Computer-mediated competition
KW - ESports
KW - Professional gaming
KW - Virtual teams
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U2 - 10.1145/3027063.3053158
DO - 10.1145/3027063.3053158
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85019585893
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
SP - 1601
EP - 1608
BT - CHI 2017 Extended Abstracts - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 6 May 2017 through 11 May 2017
ER -