A Proposal for an Esports Republic: Criticisms of WESA and Recommendations Towards Best Practice

  • Carleigh Morgan (Contributor)

Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups

Description

This paper critically examines the mission statements of the esports industry's latest attempt to create a third part watchdog agency, The World Esports Association. I begin by investigating the organizational and managerial structure of this organization, evaluating the core ideologies and functions of the group in contrast to their public facing profile. By drawing on contradistinctions between their marketing strategy, rhetoric, and formal structure, I outline criticism that underscore the mixed message nature of WESA's public campaign, and make recommendations for improving transparency and verisimilitude in their public policy approach. The objective of this piece was to articulate globally shared criticisms of WESA platform by sifting fact from scandal, truth from controversy, and establishing a place for dialogue about creating a body to standardize and monitor the esports industry's models for best practice.
Period2016
Held atEsports Professionals Network