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To be or not to be (e)sports? That is not the question! Why and how sport and exercise psychology could research esports
2021
German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research
AbstractWhether esports can be considered a sport is highly debated. The German Olympic Sport Federation (DOSB) and the German Society for Sport Sciences (DVS) recently stated that esports should not be integrated into the canon of sport. Our aim is not to further fuel this debate but rather to argue that to be or not to be sport is not the most important question from a scientific perspective. After summarizing the current discussion on whether esports constitute a sport, this paper discusses
doi:10.1007/s12662-021-00715-9
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