Hypothesis Esports is an industry growing faster than we imagined and due to that growth, there is little information known about what exactly is drawing people in. There is a lot of opportunity within the future of Esports whether it’s for the competition or for ad reasons. If we want to understand it fully, we … Continue reading Video game popularity outline
The topic that I am researching is Esports and its popularity among high school aged students. This is something that can be useful going into the future with this industry as it could be used for ad purposes or just to see what games are most popular. Database: Business Abstracts with Full Text Search Term: … Continue reading Esports popularity saturation
My topic is exploring Esports and figuring out the reasons for its popularity among high school aged teens. Database: Communication & Mass Media Complete Subject Search Terms: Advertising & Children Limitations: Peer review scholarly articles Results: 101 Cited by: 33 Cited References: 62 Source Useful?: Yes Citation: Soontae An, & Kang, H. (2013). Do online … Continue reading Final two Esports searches
Database: Communication & Mass Media Complete Boolean Search Terms: Gaming & Genre Limiter: Scholarly Article Results: 50 Filters: None Citation: Brandtzæg, P. B., & Heim, J. (2009). Children’s Electronic Gaming Content Preferences and Psychosocial Factors. NORDICOM Review, 30(2), 69–86. https://sciendo.com/article/10.1515/nor-2017-0152 The source touches on the topic of how video games effect children and if there … Continue reading Esports Advanced Search
Communication & Mass Media Complete Keyword: Esports Limiter: Scholarly Article Results: 40 Article: Trent, L. D., & Shafer, D. M. (2020). Extending Disposition Theory of Sports Spectatorship to ESports. International journal of communication [Online], 1049+. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A632440216/PPCM?u=klnb_fhsuniv&sid=bookmark-PPCM&xid=a5bec4fb Keyword: Gaming Media Limiter: Scholarly Article Results: 28 Article: Macey, J., Abarbanel, B., & Hamari, J. (2021). What predicts esports betting? … Continue reading Esport Research Keywords
In my very first blog post I mentioned that virtual reality was something that interested me as a research topic. This has now changed to the topic of esports, and which genres are most popular amongst certain demographics of people such as middle schoolers or college aged students. The reason this changed was to help … Continue reading What’s so attractive about esports?
Citation Seo, Young-nam. Kim, Minkyung. Lee, Doohwang. Jung, Younbo. (2018). Attention to eSports advertisements: effects of ad animation and in-game dynamics on viewers’ visual attention. Behavior & Information Technology. ContentServer Patten, Mildred. L., & Newhart, Michelle. (2018). Understanding Research Methods: An Overview of the Essentials. (10th ed). Routledge. Abstract ESports refers to professional video gaming … Continue reading Effects of ad animation on viewers attention.
Riot Games Address: 12333 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064 Website: riotgames.com Contact Information: Unfortunately, I was not able to find a direct email to anybody in charge of media at Riot Games, but I did find the LinkedIn account of their president of entertainment (Riot Games, 2021) Contact: Shauna Spenley, President of Entertainment … Continue reading Potential Employers
As I’ve mentioned in previous post before I’m a pretty big fan of video games and something that has even surprised me is the current normalization of E-sports. My first personal experience with anything E-sports related was back in 2012 when I would religiously play and watch competitive Call of Duty and was amazed that … Continue reading The increasing popularity of E-sports
My name is Derrick Aragon and I’m a Sophomore majoring in Informatics with focus on Media Production and Journalism. I’ve done something similar to blog posts in the past so I’m kind of familiar and look forward to it. Growing up I played all types of video games and even at one point dreamed about … Continue reading The future of Virtual Reality?