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eSport: Friend or Foe?

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Serious Games (JCSG 2018)

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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.

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  1. School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

    Remco Polman, Michael Trotter & Dylan Poulus

  2. Queensland University of Technology, eSport Centre, Brisbane, Australia

    Michael Trotter & Dylan Poulus

  3. School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

    Erika Borkoles

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  1. Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

    Stefan Göbel

  2. Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

    Augusto Garcia-Agundez

  3. Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

    Thomas Tregel

  4. Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent, UK

    Minhua Ma

  5. University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge

  6. SINTEF Technology and Society, Trondheim, Norway

    Manuel Oliveira

  7. Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Tim Marsh

  8. Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

    Polona Caserman

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Polman, R., Trotter, M., Poulus, D., Borkoles, E. (2018). eSport: Friend or Foe?. In: Göbel, S., et al. Serious Games. JCSG 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11243. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02762-9_1

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