主办单位:成都体育学院
ISSN 1001-9154 CN 51-1097/G8

Journal of Chengdu Sport University ›› 2022, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (3): 18-23.doi: 10.15942/j.jcsu.2022.03.003

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Network Interaction and Interest Balance in Institutionalization: Research and Judgment of E-sports Events in Hangzhou Asian Games

HONG Jianping, LIU Qingzhen   

  1. School of Journalism and Communication, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084
  • Online:2022-05-15 Published:2022-05-20

Abstract: The inclusion of e-sports as an official event in the Hangzhou Asian Games is an important step towards the institutionalization of e-sports, marking that Asia is once again takes a lead in the development of global e-sports. This paper investigates from a combined perspective of process analysis and actor network theory a series of events in the inclusion process of e-sports into the Asian Games, analyzes the type characteristics of e-sports events in the Asian Games, examines the interest interaction and balance in the network composed of international sports organizations, e-sports organizations, event organizers and e-sports game manufacturers. This paper also examines the functions of industrial economy, cultural politics and Olympic values in the formation and evolution of e-sports, aiming to reveal the impact of e-sports inclusion in the Asian Games on the institutionalization of e-sports and the enlightenment of innovative exploration on the inclusion of e-sports into comprehensive games.

Key words: e-sports, Asian Games, process sociology, actor network

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