Esports Insights

<p><i>Esports Insights</i> outlines the fundamental characteristics features and structures of the rapidly growing esports industry and acts as the perfect primer for readers without any prior knowledge of esports. </p><p>Featuring international case studies in every chapter this book showcases the contemporary nature of esports through illustrative industry examples. By offering a concise and easy to understand introduction it discusses the key components stakeholders and features of this commercially driven sector which by its very nature is dynamic and highly complex. Exploring current regulatory and governance structures within esports it unpacks the industry’s essential features by outlining the various genres formats and stakeholders who are instrumental to the functioning of the esports industry. Adopting a critical but balanced analysis the book discusses the social benefits of esports outlining its potential as a tool for social inclusion and sport development whilst acknowledging the potential impacts and risks of esports participation and spectatorship related to health and wellbeing. Finally <i>Esports Insights</i> also considers future developments and changes within esports as the sector evolves and continues to professionalise. </p><p>This book will be of interest to any student researcher or practitioner with an interest in sport business sport and society event studies esports or video gaming or the wider media industry.</p>