Sexualized culture on livestreaming platforms: a content analysis of Twitch.tv
Kristel Anciones-Anguita,
Mirian Checa-Romero
Abstract:The Twitch.tv livestreaming platform, with 3 million daily viewers internationally, has become a space for online digital culture and entertainment. Given the current concern regarding the exposure of sexualized content on social networks and its consequences for adolescence, the objective of this study is to analyze, from a gender perspective, whether women become more sexualized than men during their livestreams. Using a content-analysis design, an ad-hoc scale was developed to analyze the frequency and inte… Show more
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