Usage of video sharing websites: Drivers and barriers

Cha, Jiyoung

doi:10.1016/j.tele.2012.01.003

Cited by 38 publications

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“…Within the realm of media research, affective motivations have been shown to impact use in the contexts of eSports (Cheung and Huang, 2011), video game streaming (Hamilton et al, 2014), social media (Papacharissi and Mendelson, 2010;Whiting and Williams, 2013) and video sharing websites (Cha, 2014;Hanson and Haridakis, 2008). Accordingly, we hypothesize that an…”

Section: The Motivations For Esports Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 96%

What Is eSports and Why Do People Watch It?

Hamari¹,

Sjöblom

2017

SSRN Journal

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Purpose: In this study we investigate why do people spectate eSports on the internet. We define eSports (electronic sports) as a form of sports where the primary aspects of the sport are facilitated by electronic systems; the input of players and teams as well as the output of the eSports system are mediated by humancomputer interfaces. In more practical terms, eSports refer to competitive video gaming (broadcasted on the internet). Methodology:We employed the MSSC (Motivations Scale for Sports Consumption) which is one of the most widely applied measurement instruments for sports consumption in general. The questionnaire was designed and pre-tested before distributing to target respondents (N=888). The reliability and validity of the instrument both met the commonly accepted guidelines. The model was assessed first by examining its measurement model and then the structural model. Findings:The results indicate that escapism, acquiring knowledge about the games being played, novelty and eSports athlete aggressiveness were found to positively predict eSport spectating frequency.Originality: During recent years, eSports (electronic sports) and video game streaming have become rapidly growing forms of new media in the internet driven by the growing provenance of (online) games and online broadcasting technologies. Today, hundreds of millions of people spectate eSports. The present investigation presents a large study on gratification-related determinants of why people spectate eSports on the internet.Moreover, the study proposes a definition for eSports and further discusses how eSports can be seen as a form of sports.

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Section: The Motivations For Esports Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 96%

What Is eSports and Why Do People Watch It?

Hamari¹,

Sjöblom

2017

SSRN Journal

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“…In the case of the investigation into the motivations for consuming game video content, UG is particularly suitable as it considers users to be aware of their own media usage (West and Turner, 2010), and hence users are expected to be able to answer survey questions. Previous survey-based quantitative studies within UG are numerous, covering gratifications for using media & services such as television (Krcmar and Greene, 1999;Schmitt et al, 2003), internet (Ko et al, 2005;LaRose and Eastin, 2004;Papacharissi and Rubin, 2000), social media services (Chen, 2011;Johnson and Yang, 2009;Joinson, 2008;Papacharissi and Mendelson, 2011;Quan-Haase and Young, 2010;Smock et al, 2011;Whiting and Williams, 2013), video games (Hamari et al, 2018;Sherry et al, 2006;Wu et al, 2010) and video services (Cha, 2014;Chiang and Hsiao, 2015).…”

Section: Esportsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social motivations of live-streaming viewer engagement on Twitch

Hilvert-Bruce

Neill

Sjöblom

et al. 2018

Computers in Human Behavior

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“…For instance, future research could test other antecedents to information seeking (i.e., depression, anticipated regret and/or perceived health status), or could focus on behavioral outcomes associated with health information seeking among health anxious individuals (i.e., communication with provider and/or risk protective behaviors). Further work could also be modeled on recent investigations that apply technology use theories (Cha, 2014) to explore the manner in which perceived technological attributes (e.g., perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, etc.) might influence one's inclination to seek out health information online.…”

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confidence: 99%