Topic: eSports, video games, sports games and exergaming

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Research Articles

Berglund, Vegard & Anne Tjønndal Sosial inkludering i e-sport [Social inclusion in e-sports] (Article in Norwegian, published 221118. English abstract available)

Bjørner, Tomas ‘You’ve been in the house too long, she said, and I naturally fled’: An analysis of habitus among Danish e-sport players (published in Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum Vol. 5, 2014)

Bäckström, Åsa, Mikael Quennerstedt, Ninitha Maivorsdotter & Jane Meckbach Routes and roots to knowing in Shaun White’s snowboarding road trip: A mycorrhizaic approach to multisensory emplaced learning in exergames (published in Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum 191125)

Danielsson, Kalle E-sport: rörelse utan rörelse (051214)

Demi. Erik & Jurgen Aarden The clash between traditional sport structures and new, emerging activities: Sportification of esports and padel in Sweden, through the perspectives of institutionalization and standardization (published 220401)

Rogstad, Egil Trasti Virtual Light in the Sports Blackout: An enduring boost of virtual sports or just a temporary respite? (ENG 201008)

Thiborg, Jesper Gårdagens nördar – morgondagens hjältar: Om datorspel och e-sport (061101)

Østergaard, Lars Domino, Robert Juul Jønsson, Anders Bern Kronborg & Christian Lund Nørgaard Straszek Fysisk aktivitet inkluderet som en del af esportstræning: Et pilotstudie om hvordan spillere og trænere oplever fysiske aktivitet implementerede i træning (published in Danish 220408)

Feature Articles

Carlsson, Bo Digital Sport – behöver vi bekymra oss? (030726)

Tjönndal, Anne & Mads Skauge Youth Sport 2.0? The Development of eSports in Norway from 2016 to 2019 | A Summary (210319)

Book Reviews

Critical Perspectives on Esports Annette R. Hofmann & Pascal Mamudou Camara (eds.) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2024 (review in English by Egil Rogstad, published 241010)

Esports Insights Emily Hayday, Holly Collison-Randall & Sarah Kelly Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2022 (review in English by Egil Rogstad, published 230130)

The Fantasy Sport Industry: Games within games Andrew C. Billings & Brody J. Ruihley Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2014 (Shawn E. Klein 141003)

Sport 2.0: Transforming Sports for a Digital World Andy Miah Cambridge, Mass: The MIT Press 2017 (Anne Tjønndal 180601)

The Science of Esports Craig McNulty, Remco Polman, Matthew Watson & Kabir Bubna Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2024 (review in English by Leonardo Colares Castro, published 241030)

Understanding Esports: An Introduction to the Global Phenomenon Ryan Rogers (red) Lanham, MD: Lexington Books 2019 (review in English by Anne Tjønndal, published 200514)

Virtual(ly) Women Athletes: A Study of Gendered Power Relations and Inequality in Sports-Themed Esports Egil Trasti Rogstad Bodø, Norway: Nord University 2023 (review in English by Sanna Erdoğan, published 240529)

On the Forum blog

Blog post by Kalle Jonasson: Till alla er som skriver examensarbeten på idrottsutbildningar (SWE 150326)

Miscellaneous Resocurces

Jessica Francombe-Webb: “Critically Encountering Exer-games and Young Femininity” in Television & New Media 2016, Vol. 17(5) 449–464 (Sage Publications)