The esports market has been growing exponentially has been growing exponentially with
much interest from industry and academia. Perhaps because of this growth, there is a lack of …

Esports are a leading form of digital leisure. Esports offer salient career opportunities,
ranging from professional players to roles in science, technology, engineering, and …

This book takes a close look at how the sport industry has been impacted by the global
coronavirus pandemic, as entire seasons have been cut short, events have been canceled …

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of hypercasual and hybrid-casual video
gaming and their influence on digital leisure. Existing sport and leisure scholarship on video …

Esports has generated an industry of increasing economic and cultural importance. In recent
years, universities and other higher education institutions have responded to its growth by …

Esports, competitive video gaming competitions, are becoming increasingly popular
worldwide, with their growth in emerging markets contingent on local area network (LAN) …

Our research was intended to find out whether social networking is recognized and
experienced as leisure or should be considered liquid leisure because its borders are fluid …

This study examined (i) the impact of COVID-19 on practice of virtual participation in leisure
and recreation activities in Ghana;(ii) the challenges in the use of virtual approaches as well …

Digital games and their appropriation for live-streamed events of competitive gaming–the
pillars that constitute eSports–experience tremendous growth. This theoretical study …

While research exists regarding the internet's influence on traditional forms of youth leisure,
research based on a comprehensive set of leisure indicators is scattered. We explore how a …