Nothing but a “titty streamer”: legitimacy, labor, and the debate over women’s breasts in video game live streaming

Ruberg, Bonnie; Cullen, Amanda L. L.; Brewster, Kathryn

doi:10.1080/15295036.2019.1658886

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“…On one hand, there are descriptive studies, for example, Churchill and Xu [ 89 ] discussed subcultures of gamers represented in live streaming—casual, SpeedRunners, and competitive. On the other hand, some studies have delved into more contentious issues such as racism online [ 120 ], or discrimination on the basis of physical appearance or sex [ 123 ]. This cluster also includes all the topics related to gender issues, for example, the role played by gender when it comes to streaming [ 84 ] or doing e-sports [ 127 ].…”

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Exploring the Emerging Domain of Research on Video Game Live Streaming in Web of Science: State of the Art, Changes and Trends

Cabeza-Ramírez

García

Fernández

2021

IJERPH

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In recent years, interest in video game live streaming services has increased as a new communication instrument, social network, source of leisure, and entertainment platform for millions of users. The rise in this type of service has been accompanied by an increase in research on these platforms. As an emerging domain of research focused on this novel phenomenon takes shape, it is necessary to delve into its nature and antecedents. The main objective of this research is to provide a comprehensive reference that allows future analyses to be addressed with greater rigor and theoretical depth. In this work, we developed a meta-review of the literature supported by a bibliometric performance and network analysis (BPNA). We used the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis) protocol to obtain a representative sample of 111 published documents since 2012 and indexed in the Web of Science. Additionally, we exposed the main research topics developed to date, which allowed us to detect future research challenges and trends. The findings revealed four specializations or subdomains: studies focused on the transmitter or streamer; the receiver or the audience; the channel or platform; and the transmission process. These four specializations add to the accumulated knowledge through the development of six core themes that emerge: motivations, behaviors, monetization of activities, quality of experience, use of social networks and media, and gender issues.

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Exploring the Emerging Domain of Research on Video Game Live Streaming in Web of Science: State of the Art, Changes and Trends

Cabeza-Ramírez

García

Fernández

2021

IJERPH

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“…Rather than being equally open to all, game scholars-especially those informed by feminist theory-have documented the ways that some demographics have an easier time entering into particular gaming communities than others [9,13,26]. Indeed, researchers have endeavored to understand the gatekeeping practiced by certain members of online communities which act as a subtle and sometimes overt judgment about who "belongs" in a particular community and who is seen as an outsider [5,18,41]. At the other end of the player lifecycle-which we note is still a nascent area of investigation-other researchers have begun to probe players experiences about quitting gaming, or never begin playing in the first place [1,4,11,21,32].…”

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Who Stays in the Game? Similarities and Differences Between Current and Former Digital Games Players

Bergstrom¹,

Sherman²

2021

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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Former players offer important yet underutilized insights into the norms and expectations of game communities. Research to date has focused on players who have left particular games, but little is known about the broader forces that lead some players to ultimately quit games altogether. In this paper we report on the results of a nationally representative survey of the US adult population where respondents were asked about their leisure activities, including if they currently or have previously played digital games. By identifying patterns amongst people who quit as compared to people who remain active players, our goal is to better understand the factors that push or pull people away from gaming. Doing so contributes to the literature on digital game players broadly, while also potentially making it easier for game scholars to identify-and subsequently recruit-former players to participate in games-related research. Implications for future research recruitment are discussed.

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“…Ce stéréotype conjugue deux transgressions des normes que nous décrivons ici : d'une part, l'absence de passion authentique, et d'autre part l'intéressement financier. Il est très présent dans les communautés de spectateurs et de vidéastes (Ruberg, Cullen, et Brewster 2019), y compris les spectatrices : J'avais essayé de regarder, en fait il y avait des filles que je suivais parce qu'elles faisaient du cosplay [déguisement en personnages de manga et de jeux vidéo], et qui faisaient aussi des streams, et par contre, du coup, j'avais commencé à regarder et je me suis assez vite arrêtée parce que je trouvais que ce n'était pas du tout naturel, c'était trop, je ne sais pas comment expliquer ça, « bon voilà, je montre ma poitrine et je joue un peu aux jeux vidéo et je fais des blagues » et c'était trop caricatural en fait. [Spectatrice,F,26,étudiante,master] Les femmes vidéastes se prémunissent contre ce stigmate en mettant en avant des attributs liés à la passion pour le jeu, et à distance les attributs trop féminins, qui sont susceptibles d'être interprétés comme des signes de manque de naturel.…”

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Coavoux

Roques

2020

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Nothing but a “titty streamer”: legitimacy, labor, and the debate over women’s breasts in video game live streaming

Cited by 79 publications

References 18 publications

Exploring the Emerging Domain of Research on Video Game Live Streaming in Web of Science: State of the Art, Changes and Trends

Exploring the Emerging Domain of Research on Video Game Live Streaming in Web of Science: State of the Art, Changes and Trends

Who Stays in the Game? Similarities and Differences Between Current and Former Digital Games Players

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