A RESEARCH ON THE REASONS OF MODERN SPORTS CLUBS' INTEREST IN ESPORTS ACTIVITIES

Year 2017, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 34 - 47, 01.10.2017

Mertkan Üçüncüoğlu , Veli Ozan Çakır

Abstract

Electronic sports (eSports) has become increasingly part of modern sport in recent years. In today's world where technology is developing more and more every day, sports clubs follow the innovations that have emerged. eSports has a great potential to show a similar development as modern sport. eSports economy grows at an important rate every year. It has been cause to increase the interest of the sports clubs in the recent period. eSports couldn’t find enough attention yet in academic area. But eSports will be add more value to itself with the multifaceted contribution it make to the sports economy in the near future. eSports, which is included among scholarship programs in many universities around the world, is very limited in scientific studies in Turkey compared to other countries. İt is aimed to resolve to the lack of Turkish resources and contribute to the literature in this developing field with this study.

Keywords

Esports, Sports, Electronic Sports

MODERN SPOR KULÜPLERİNİN ESPOR FAALİYETLERİNE İLGİ GÖSTERME NEDENLERİ ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Abstract

Son yıllarda bilinirliği oldukça artan elektronik spor (eSpor) giderek modern sporun bir parçası haline gelmeye başlamıştır. Teknolojinin her geçen gün daha da geliştiği günümüz dünyasında spor kulüpleri bu doğrultuda açılan yeni kapılara kayıtsız kalmamaktadır. 2000’li yılların başından itibaren hızla yol almayı başaran elektronik spor, modern sporun 20. yüzyılda gösterdiği gelişimin bir benzerini daha kısa bir sürede gösterme konusunda büyük bir potansiyele sahip. eSpor’un ekonomisini her geçen yıl önemli bir oranda büyütmesi, spor kulüplerinin son dönemde bu branşa başlayan ilgisinin daha da artmasına neden olacaktır. Henüz akademik anlamda tam olarak beklediği ilgiyi bulamasa da spor ekonomisine yaptığı çok yönlü katkıyla eSpor yakın gelecekte değerini daha da katlayacak gibi görünüyor. Dünya genelinde birçok üniversitede burs programları arasına dahil edilen eSpor hakkında Türkiye'de bilimsel çalışmaların diğer ülkelere göre kısıtlı olduğu göze çarpmaktadır. Yapılan bu çalışma ile her geçen gün gelişmekte olan bu alanla ilgili olarak Türkçe kaynak eksikliğini gidermek ve literatüre katkı sağlamak amaçlanmaktadır.

Keywords

Espor, Spor, Elektronik spor

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