Systemic issues with narratives of identity: Toxicity and esports media professionals

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dc.abstract.enThis paper aims to highlight structural issues concerning the conduct of esports media professionals and their work as social media influencers. The data selected for this study include footage from social media and digital streaming platforms, with spatial analysis serving as a primary theoretical scaffolding to support the paper’s rationale. The systemic nature of self-perpetuating circulation of contentious media-related content is observed through the assessment of three case studies which feature various discourses of identity concerning players, media professionals and the audience alike. The paper discusses personal media branding strategies and the perceived role of esports media professionals in the esports communities, the proliferation of ‘reversed safe space’ serving as an element of strengthening the media presence and the discrepancies between the accepted codes of conduct in the various esports-related media.
dc.affiliationInstytut Nauk Humanistycznych
dc.affiliationWydział Nauk Humanistycznych w Warszawie
dc.contributor.authorFelczak, Mateusz
dc.date.access2024-11-22
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-22T09:43:53Z
dc.date.available2024-11-22T09:43:53Z
dc.date.created2022-11
dc.date.issued2023-04
dc.description.abstract<jats:p> This paper aims to highlight structural issues concerning the conduct of esports media professionals and their work as social media influencers. The data selected for this study include footage from social media and digital streaming platforms, with spatial analysis serving as a primary theoretical scaffolding to support the paper’s rationale. The systemic nature of self-perpetuating circulation of contentious media-related content is observed through the assessment of three case studies which feature various discourses of identity concerning players, media professionals and the audience alike. The paper discusses personal media branding strategies and the perceived role of esports media professionals in the esports communities, the proliferation of ‘reversed safe space’ serving as an element of strengthening the media presence and the discrepancies between the accepted codes of conduct in the various esports-related media. </jats:p>
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dc.description.grantnumber2019/32/C/HS2/00614
dc.description.granttitleMasowe wydarzenia sportu elektronicznego w Polsce i w Hongkongu
dc.description.issue2
dc.description.physical400-416
dc.description.versionfinal_author
dc.description.volume29
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/13548565221138761
dc.identifier.eissn1748-7382
dc.identifier.issn1354-8565
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1112
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/13548565221138761
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationnauki o kulturze i religii
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dc.titleSystemic issues with narratives of identity: Toxicity and esports media professionals
dc.title.journalConvergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
dc.typeJournalArticle
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