Tag: Jake Kucek
Communication & Sport, Vol. 10, 2022, No. 2
C&S is a cutting-edge peer-reviewed quarterly that publishes research to foster international scholarly understanding of the nexus of communication and sport that engages a broad intellectual community. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Major League Baseball Broadcasts and the Delineation of Traditional and Modern Fact Metrics by Zachary W. Arth and Andrew C. Billings.
New Esport book fills a void, but has notable weaknesses
Whether or not esports can be incorporated in the wider concept of traditional sports is a serious bone of contention among sport scholars which is touched upon in Ryan Rogers’ collected volume Understanding Esports: An Introduction to the Global Phenomenon (Lexington Books), though not as cleverly as in many previous works. And our reviewer Anne Tjønndal have other reservations as well, however some chapters do pass muster.
