eSport: Friend or foe?

Title: eSport: Friend or foe?
Creator: Polman, Remco; Trotter, Michael; Poulus, Dylan; Borkoles, Erika
Date: 2018
Type: Text; Book chapter
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/198221
Identifier: vital:19020
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02762-9_1
Identifier: ISBN:0302-9743 1611-3349
Abstract: eSport is a growing industry in terms of its players, spectators and economic value and will be included in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Although interest initially in eSport was mainly associated with younger males, eSport has the potential to bring about health behaviour change across the wider population of users. This paper discusses the potential of eSport to influence health outcomes across the lifespan and address some of the major barriers that will help individuals to change their physical activity behaviours. Considering the exponential growth in eSport, it is important for academics and policy makers to recognise and seize the opportunities arising from eSport.
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Relation: p. 3-8
Rights: All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
Rights: Copyright Springer
Subject: Public health; Clinical medicine; Exercise; Psychology; Population; Sports sciences; Marketing
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