Playing Computer Games as Electronic
Sport: In Search of a Theoretical
Framework for a New Research Field
Tanja Adamus
1 Although some authors differentiate between the terms computer games and video games, in this
chapter, they will be used synonymously.
T. Adamus (*)
Chair of Educational Media and Knowledge Management , Faculty of Educational Sciences,
University Duisburg-Essen , Duisburg , Germany
e-mail: tanja.adamus@uni-duisburg-essen.de
Shot the