How a Live Streamer's Choice in Played Game Affects Mental Health Conversations

LaMastra, Nina; Uttarapong, Jirassaya; Gandhi, Reesha; Cook, Christine L.; Wohn, Donghee Yvette

doi:10.1145/3383668.3419894

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“…Live streaming is a unique social media context in which mental health conversations occur [22]. It differs from other social media and streaming services, like YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and television, in that it facilitates synchronous social interaction and real-time information sharing of chat messages, video, and audio between streamers and viewers [4,18,42].…”

Section: Live Streaming/twitch As a Type Of Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Consequently, viewership may fluctuate depending on the content of a channel [46]. Some viewers may not see Twitch as right place to talk about heavy topics, mental health inclusive, and may only want to see gaming content [22]. Streamers may feel pressured to cater content to audiences' preferences to make viewers stay, as well as to grow one's community and channel numbers.…”

Section: Live Streaming/twitch As a Type Of Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Twitch Users' Motivations and Practices During Community Mental Health Discussions

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Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

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Live streaming is a form of media that allows streamers to directly interact with their audience. Previous research has explored mental health, Twitch.tv and live streaming platforms, and users' social motivations behind watching live streams separately. However, few have explored how these all intertwine in conversations involving intimate, self-disclosing topics, such as mental health. Live streams are unique in that they are largely masspersonal in nature; streamers broadcast themselves to mostly unknown viewers, but may choose to interact with them in a personal way. This study aims to understand users' motivations, preferences, and habits behind participating in mental health discussions on live streams. We interviewed 25 Twitch viewers about the streamers they watch, how they interact in mental health discussions, and how they believe streamers should discuss mental health on live streams. Our findings are contextualized in the dynamics in which these discussions occur. Overall, we found that the innate design of the Twitch platform promotes a user-hierarchy in the ecosystem of streamers and their communities, which may affect how mental health is discussed.

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Section: Live Streaming/twitch As a Type Of Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Live Streaming/twitch As a Type Of Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

Twitch Users' Motivations and Practices During Community Mental Health Discussions

Uttarapong

LaMastra

Gandhi

et al. 2022

Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

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"I Am Concerned, But...": Streamers' Privacy Concerns and Strategies In Live Streaming Information Disclosure

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2022

Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

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Live streaming is a popular synchronous social media platform that allows users to disclose information to vast audience in real time. It has been increasingly studied in recent years for its unique functions of disseminating user-generated content, enriching streamers' self-presentation, curating online social interactions and fostering online communities. However, little research has been done to explore the privacy issues in live streaming. In the present paper, we aim to understand streamers' privacy concerns and strategies in their information disclosure on live streaming. From an interview study with 20 streamers, we found that they expressed concerns and carefully managed their information disclosure based on whether the disclosure would enhance or weaken their attractiveness to the audience and whether it would disturb their interpersonal boundary with the audience. They adopted various technical and behavioral privacy management strategies to cope with their concerns, but encountered a series of usability and cognitive burdens. Based on the findings, we present design implications to improve the privacy management on live streaming.

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How a Live Streamer's Choice in Played Game Affects Mental Health Conversations

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Twitch Users' Motivations and Practices During Community Mental Health Discussions

Twitch Users' Motivations and Practices During Community Mental Health Discussions

"I Am Concerned, But...": Streamers' Privacy Concerns and Strategies In Live Streaming Information Disclosure

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