{"id":605,"date":"2023-08-25T17:51:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T00:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/egrlab.uoregon.edu\/?p=605"},"modified":"2024-09-18T18:01:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T01:01:28","slug":"taking-care-of-toxicity-challenges-and-strategies-for-inclusion-in-u-s-collegiate-esports-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egrlab.uoregon.edu\/taking-care-of-toxicity-challenges-and-strategies-for-inclusion-in-u-s-collegiate-esports-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Care of Toxicity: Challenges and Strategies for Inclusion in U.S. Collegiate Esports Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW170288585 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170288585 BCX0\">Cote, A., Wilson, A., Hansen. J., Harris, B., Rahman, M., Can, O., Fickle, T., and Foxman, M<\/span><\/span>. <em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW253861842 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW253861842 BCX0\">Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports<\/span><\/span><\/em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW253861842 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW253861842 BCX0\"> 1(1).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1123\/jege.2022-0031\">Find the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image created with Adobe Firefly<\/p>\n<h4>Abstract<\/h4>\n<p class=\"mb15\">Collegiate esports programs are rapidly expanding across the United States, offering a meaningful location in which to study diversity, equity, and inclusion. Because educational institutions must legally provide equal opportunities for all students, collegiate esports programs may need to avoid gaming culture\u2019s longstanding tendency toward toxic behavior and language. At the same time, it is unclear whether or how effectively collegiate programs currently promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, necessitating further exploration. Drawing on 31 in-depth interviews with collegiate esports players, program directors, tournament organizers, and members of related student support organizations, this research identifies four challenges that collegiate esports programs currently face when trying to prevent toxicity and encourage broader cultures of care and inclusion: (a)\u00a0ambiguous definitions of \u201ctoxicity,\u201d (b)\u00a0its normalization, (c)\u00a0unclear reporting\/response mechanisms for those facing harassment, and (d)\u00a0the collegiate esports community\u2019s insularity. We discuss each of these themes and their impacts individually, then provide initial recommendations for esports programs hoping to better care for their students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cote, A., Wilson, A., Hansen. J., Harris, B., Rahman, M., Can, O., Fickle, T., and Foxman, M. Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports 1(1). Find the full article here Image created with Adobe Firefly Abstract Collegiate esports programs are rapidly expanding across the United States, offering a meaningful location in which to study diversity, equity,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egrlab.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egrlab.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egrlab.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egrlab.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egrlab.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/egrlab.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":608,"href":"https:\/\/egrlab.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605\/revisions\/608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egrlab.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/egrlab.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egrlab.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egrlab.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egrlab.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}