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Johnson, M. R. and Woodcock, J. (2019) '“And today’s top donator is”: How Live Streamers on Twitch.tv Monetise and Gamify Broadcasts', Social Media + Society, 5(4).
Abstract
This paper examines cultural and economic behaviour on live streaming platform Twitch.tv, and the monetization of live streamers’ content
Johnson, M. R. and Woodcock, J. (2019) 'The Impacts of Live Streaming and Twitch.tv on the Video Game Industry', Media, Culture and Society, 41(5): 670-688.
Abstract
This article explores the growing importance of live streaming, specifically on website and platform Twitch.tv, to the games industry. We focus
Woodcock, J. and Johnson, M. R. (2019) 'Live Streamers on Twitch.tv as Social Media Influencers: Chances and Challenges for Strategic Communication', International Journal of Strategic Communication, 13(4): 321-335.
Introduction
The term “social media influencer” has become a widespread, if sometimes nebulous, way of describing a digital celebrity who
Woodcock, J. and Johnson, M. R. (2019) 'The Affective Labour and Performance of Live Streaming on Twitch.tv', Television and New Media, 20(8): 813-823.
Introduction
“Live streaming” entails the live broadcast of video content to viewers over the internet. This practice has become dominated in most countries by the