Lazer e Cultura Digital: Abordagens sobre E-Leisure em Periódicos do JCR

Advances in technologies have led to the need for changes in the paradigms that involve leisure studies (LS), instigating new perspectives on e-leisure experiences. Thus, we sought to investigate how the approaches regarding e-leisure are appropriate in LS within the journals in this field and registered in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR). The analysis categories were created: E-leisure and offline leisure; Understanding e-leisure integration in contemporary society and the role of e-leisure in social interaction. The data reveal the digital leisure as an enabler for values and approximation of cultures. It is concluded that e-leisure facilitates the sharing of different cultures, providing the expansion of social and political boundaries. However, given some possibilities of misuse of the virtual space, it may also result in negative impacts.