ELECTRONIC SPORTS: AN EVALUATION FROM RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

It is obviously seen that along with the developing technologies of the 21st century, people's recreation habits started to change. Electronic sports concept is considered as an activity area which people prefer frequently with technological developments. The aim of this study is to examine these activities in the recreation perspective by taking into consideration the effects of the recent electronic sports activities on the individuals. E-sports has become one of the issues has been working in literature in recent years and different aspects of electronic sports have been developed. Consequently, there are many studies advocating the benefits of electronic sports, on the other hand, there are also studies argue that it is wrong to evaluate such electronic games in the scope of sports. A comprehensive literature review was performed by using secondary data. The results obtained in the literature were examined in depth and different perspectives on e-sports applications were evaluated. Within the scope of the research, first of all, e-sports concept is stated and the studies related to electronic sports have been revealed in the literature, then, the concept of e-sport is evaluated from a recreational perspective and it has been concluded that e-sports activities support the utility theory of recreation.

Keywords

• Recreation,Activity,Electronic Sports,Benefits of Electronic Sports,Utility Theory

ELEKTRONİK SPORLAR: REKREASYONEL ETKİNLİK PERSPEKTİFTEN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

Abstract

21. yüzyılın gelişen teknolojileri ile birlikte insanların rekreasyon alışkanlıklarının da değişmeye başladığı görülmektedir. Elektronik spor kavramı, teknolojik gelişmelerin beraberinde insanların sıklıkla tercih ettiği bir aktivite alanı olarak değerlendirilmektedir. Bu bağlamda, araştırmanın amacı 2010’lu yıllarla beraber tercih edilen elektronik spor faaliyetlerinin bireyler üzerinde oluşturduğu faydaları göz önünde bulundurarak, bu faaliyetleri rekreasyon aktivitesi perspektifinde incelemektir. E-spor literatürde 2005’den bu yana oldukça fazla çalışılan konulardan biri haline gelmiş ve elektronik sporlara yönelik farklı bakış açıları geliştirilmiştir. Öyle ki; elektronik sporların faydalarını savunan birçok çalışma olduğu gibi, bu tür elektronik oyunları spor kapsamında değerlendirilmesinin yanlış olduğunu savunan çalışmalar da mevcuttur. Araştırmada ikincil veriler kullanılarak kapsamlı bir literatür taraması yapılmıştır. Literatürde elde edilen sonuçlar derinlemesine incelenmiş ve e-spor uygulamalarına yönelik farklı bakış açıları değerlendirilmiştir. Araştırma kapsamında, öncelikle e-spor kavramının ne olduğu ifade edilmiş, literatürde elektronik sporlarla ilişkilendirilmiş çalışmalar ortaya çıkartılmış, daha sonra e-spor kavramı rekreasyonel bir bakış açısıyla değerlendirilerek e-spor faaliyetlerinin rekreasyonun fayda teorisini desteklediği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.

Keywords

• Rekreasyon,Etkinlik,Elektronik Spor,Elektronik Sporların Faydaları,Fayda Teorisi

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