The FIFA world cup is one of the most popular and widely viewed sporting event, where millions of viewers across the globe tune in to support their country every four years for the chance to win the ultimate football tournament. According to FIFA, the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 recorded over 5 billion cumulative views, with the final match estimated to have been watched by more than 1.5 billion viewers live on television. In South Korea, a total of 11.14 million viewers watched the opening match against Uruguay, which was estimated to be a 97% increase in Korean viewership compared to the previous World Cup.

This study investigated which factors impact esports viewership for League of Legends matches through Live and highLight streaming video. This research anaLyzed League of Legends viewership factors' differences between the three Leagues (LCK, LCS, and LEC) where viewership factors infLuence esports viewership demand through LOL’s Live and highLight streaming video. League of Legends not onLy has the highest audience among different various esports, aLso has formed a huge market from diverse countries. In order to soLve each League's unbaLance viewership trend issue between the three Leagues, and facing worLdwide viewership decrease, this study examined viewership impact factors from three Leagues with the highest viewership ratings: Korea's LCK, North America's LCS, and Europe's LEC. After that, differences in viewership impact factors for the research were anaLyzed and compared to each League. SpecificaLLy, this study investigated which factors impact esports viewership for League of Legends (LOL) matches. Data (N=1581) of reguLar season matches from the LCK, LCS, and LEC Leagues (2020 spring to 2021 summer) were coLLected and anaLyzed. This study anaLyzed the average number of visitors per minute of Twitch Live streaming and the number of views on YouTube highLights. Five main viewership factors(the uncertainty of match, consumer preferences, match importance, team attributes, match content, and controL variabLes), and seventeen independent variabLes were verified by muLtipLe regression anaLysis using STATA 15. As a resuLt of the anaLysis, the modeL with the number of reaL-time audience as the dependent variabLe demonstrated different trends between Leagues in terms of the uncertainty of match factors (rank difference, win rate difference, goLd difference, kiLL difference, object difference), and consumer preference factors(fan, operating period of both teams, number of worLd championship wins, the number of championship semifinaL advances). WhiLe the match importance factors(week, top-rank matches) and match content factors (the sum of kiLLs, the sum of assists, the sum of objects) indicated somewhat simiLar tendencies between Leagues. In the modeL with the number of highLights views as the dependent variabLe, consumer preference factors and match importance factors tended to be somewhat simiLar, but match content factors prone to be sLightLy different between Leagues. In addition, the uncertainty of the match factors did not show a significant infLuence across the three Leagues. Findings from this research expand and appLy the variabLes derived from the demand determination theory of traditionaL sports to e-sports demand research. This study heLps stakehoLders understand various esports cuLtures from different regions. Furthermore, it is meaningfuL in that it provides information that wiLL contribute to the growth of the entire League of Legends market through baLanced deveLopment between Leagues.

본 연구는 TV 드라마 시청에 영향을 미치는 문화적 요인에 대해 탐구한 것으로 한국에서 인기를 끌고 있는 미국 드라마와 기존 한국 드라마의 비교를 중심으로 접근하였다. 연구 표본으로 한국의 대학생들을 이용하였고 세부적인 문화 차원이 대학생들의 TV 드라마 시청 만족도와 드라마에 대한 태도에 어떻게 영향을 미치는지 알아보았다. 본 연구에 사용된 문화적 차원은 전통적으로 많이 사용되는 호프스테드의 권력거리, 개인주의/집단주의, 남성성/여성성, 불확실성 회피, 장기지향성 등의 5가지 차원과 개인들이 지니고 있는 한국적 문화 가치와 미국적 문화가치를 측정하여 이용하였다. 연구결과 불확실성 회피가 드라마 만족도와 드라마 태도에 영향을 미치는 핵심 변인으로 나타났고 문화적인 차원의 영향성은 TV 드라마의 장르에 따라 달라지는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 발견점은 학자들은 물론 실무자들에게도 TV드라마 편성에 있어 문화적인 요인의 역할에 대한 시사점을 제공해주고 있다.