“KKona where’s your sense of patriotism?” : Positioning Nationality in the Spectatorship of Competitive Overwatch Play
Abstract
This chapter analyzes the discursive construction of nationality and ethnicity in the context of the Overwatch World Cup 2019 and especially among the discussions of the world cup’s spectators on the live-streaming platform Twitch. Drawing on the positioning theory and the concept of banal nationalism, our study demonstrates how esports fans are active negotiators and co-creators of the esports discourse. The analysis illustrates what kind of role nationality and ethnicity take in this environment, in other words what they come to mean for those participating in the discourses defining them.
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Format
Books
Book part
Published
2022
Subjects
Publication in research information system
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
The permanent address of the publication
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202203161857Käytä tätä linkitykseen.
Parent publication ISBN
978-3-030-82766-3
Review status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82767-0_6
Language
English
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Modes of Esports Engagement in Overwatch
Citation
- Siitonen, M., & Ruotsalainen, M. (2022). “KKona where’s your sense of patriotism?” : Positioning Nationality in the Spectatorship of Competitive Overwatch Play. In M. Ruotsalainen, M. Törhönen, & V.-M. Karhulahti (Eds.), Modes of Esports Engagement in Overwatch (pp. 89-112). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82767-0_6
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