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What is Swatting

Chapter 2
Handbook of Research on Pathways and Opportunities Into the Business of Esports
Swatting refers to getting a police SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) team sent to your home. Typically, the harasser will call the police with a false report on the target such as a report of a bomb threat or other illegal activity so “SWAT” will be dispatched to the target home.
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Barriers, Issues, and Similarities Among Women in eSports and Similar Mixed Gender Sports: Ascertaining Common Ground
Sharon K. Andrews (University of Houston-Clear Lake, USA) and Caroline M. Crawford (University of Houston-Clear Lake, USA)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7300-6.ch002
Abstract
eSports provides exciting opportunities for women to compete equally with men within a sex-integrated sport. Examples of sports that are sex-integrated are the three equestrian Olympic sports of jumping, eventing, and dressage. Unlike equestrian sports, eSports is accessible to women of all income levels and in all parts of the world. However, even though women meet the biologic requirements of eSports, women face difficult gender-based social and cultural barriers. Similar barriers historically existed, and still exist, in Equestrian sports. This chapter explores the historical and present barriers in eSports and equestrian sports, and others, looking for similarities and common ground in the causes and mediation of such barriers and makes predictions for the future of women in eSports.
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The Escalating Cyberbullying Menace Through Social Media Platforms in Developing Countries Including India: The Social Media Vulnerabilities Due to Excessive Usage
Refers to a dangerous activity while playing online games or when online gaming, the perpetrators make the victim reveal their address including all essential details by playing a game.
Published in Chapter: The Escalating Cyberbullying Menace Through Social Media Platforms in Developing Countries Including India: The Social Media Vulnerabilities Due to Excessive Usage; From: Handbook of Research on Digital Violence and Discrimination Studies
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