2022 eass & ISSA World Congress of Sociology of Sport

Session

PS 49: Sport and Gender 5

Jun 9, 2022, 9:00 AM

Description

Chair: Siegrfried Nagel
Room: B9N22, Building B Level 9

160. Gender and Sports Video Games: A quantitative study of Motivations to Play and View Esports

Egil Rogstad

6/9/22, 9:00 AM

Sports video games (SVGs) represent the part of the eSports industry that currently makes the most significant contribution to the redefinition of the boundaries of sports and physical activity. The International Olympic Committee intends to include SVGs in future Olympic events (IOC, 2019) and because SVGs imitate traditional sports, SVGs are the esports game genre that is most often included...

161. "For me it's just a piece of freedom"- Increased empowerment through physical activity promotion among socially disadvantaged women

Alexandra Sauter, Annika Herbert-Maul, Karim Abu-Omar, Ansgar Thiel, Annika Frahsa, Heiko Ziemainz, Stephanie Linder, Anne Herrmann-Johns

6/9/22, 9:20 AM

Objectives: Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an effective approach in the field of sport related health promotion to reach socially disadvantaged groups. The study examines the effects of a German CBPR-project, called BIG (=Movement as investment in health). Since 2005, BIG aims to empower women in difficult life situations to increase their control over determinants of their...

162. The impact of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) on gender equity in elite football refereeing

Sigbjørn Skirbekk

6/9/22, 9:40 AM

Abstract: The prevalence of gender equity and equality issues in football refereeing is well-known. The ongoing implementation of VAR impacts the refereeing role. However, it is unclear how the implementation of VAR affects gender equity in refereeing, especially women football referees’ opportunities and career possibilities.

Objective: To (1) summarize and map the existing research...