Anne Tjonndal – författare

This book provides important new insights into social issues in the rapidly growing field of esports, filling a gap in the literature that has, until now, been dominated by business and management perspectives.

Bringing together leading esports experts from Europe, North America, and Australia, the book provides new sociological analyses that define and locate esports in social studies. It explores key issues in esports and in the wider sociology of sport, including gender equity, diversity, cheating and doping, physical and mental health, and issues related to the governance of esports. Presenting new empirical research alongside critical, theoretical perspectives, the book addresses themes such as digitalisation, technology, equality, innovation, and welfare, suggesting directions for future research and highlighting implications for practice and development in the esports industry.

This is essential reading for advanced students, researchers, and practitioners working in esports, the sociology of sport, gaming studies, media studies, sociology, or the interaction of ICT and wider society.

This book provides important new insights into social issues in the rapidly growing field of esports, filling a gap in the literature that has, until now, been dominated by business and management perspectives.

Bringing together leading esports experts from Europe, North America, and Australia, the book provides new sociological analyses that define and locate esports in social studies. It explores key issues in esports and in the wider sociology of sport, including gender equity, diversity, cheating and doping, physical and mental health, and issues related to the governance of esports. Presenting new empirical research alongside critical, theoretical perspectives, the book addresses themes such as digitalisation, technology, equality, innovation, and welfare, suggesting directions for future research and highlighting implications for practice and development in the esports industry.

This is essential reading for advanced students, researchers, and practitioners working in esports, the sociology of sport, gaming studies, media studies, sociology, or the interaction of ICT and wider society.

This book provides important new insights into the interplay between gender, technology, sport, and media in the Nordic context, offering a deeper understanding of how digitalization affects sports practices, values, and structures.

Bringing together leading experts and a mix of young and senior scholars from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, this book presents new empirical research and critical theoretical perspectives on topics ranging from athletes’ self-presentation and community building in social media to technological innovation and changing working conditions in the sports sector. Despite the famously high scores for gender equity and digitization across society within the Nordic countries, Nordic women actors in sport still face serious challenges being embedded in historically shaped structures of inequality and hegemonies of masculinity dominant in sport. This book looks at how waves of mediatization are affecting different groups of women sports professionals: athletes, coaches, referees, and journalists. Drawing on work from sociology, media and communication studies, cultural studies and gender studies, this book considers the processes by which new technologies and digital media are saturating everyday sporting practices and shaping the professional lives and careers of women in sport. It expands our understanding of sport and social issues in Nordic society, of the Nordic model of sport, and of how intersections of gender, digital technology and media impact on sport everywhere.

This is essential reading for all researchers, students and sports practitioners interested in sport, gender, media, technology and society.

This book provides important new insights into the interplay between gender, technology, sport, and media in the Nordic context, offering a deeper understanding of how digitalization affects sports practices, values, and structures.

Bringing together leading experts and a mix of young and senior scholars from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, this book presents new empirical research and critical theoretical perspectives on topics ranging from athletes’ self-presentation and community building in social media to technological innovation and changing working conditions in the sports sector. Despite the famously high scores for gender equity and digitization across society within the Nordic countries, Nordic women actors in sport still face serious challenges being embedded in historically shaped structures of inequality and hegemonies of masculinity dominant in sport. This book looks at how waves of mediatization are affecting different groups of women sports professionals: athletes, coaches, referees, and journalists. Drawing on work from sociology, media and communication studies, cultural studies and gender studies, this book considers the processes by which new technologies and digital media are saturating everyday sporting practices and shaping the professional lives and careers of women in sport. It expands our understanding of sport and social issues in Nordic society, of the Nordic model of sport, and of how intersections of gender, digital technology and media impact on sport everywhere.

This is essential reading for all researchers, students and sports practitioners interested in sport, gender, media, technology and society.