Streaming software development: Accountability, community, and learning

Kokinda, Ella; Rodeghero, Paige

doi:10.1016/j.jss.2023.111630

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“…Several studies have analysed the Twitch phenomenon from various perspectives, including the following: from a technical viewpoint (Khan et al, 2022;Kokinda and Rodeghero, 2023); from a media perspective (Criado, 2022;Marín, Valero & Rojas-Torrijos, 2022;García Rivero, Martínez & Bonales, 2022); from a social standpoint (Ringland et al, 2016;Johnson, 2018;Navarro & Tapiador, 2023); and from the vantage point of communicative issues (Vosmeer et al, 2016;Gros et al, 2017;Hilvert-Bruce, Neill & Sjöblom, 2018;Wulf, Schneider & Beckert, 2018;Kohls, Hiler & Cook, 2023;Speed, Burnett & Robinson, 2023). However, in spite of these efforts, we are still in the early stages of academic research on this phenomenon (Hu, Zhang & Wang, 2017;Hilvert-Bruce, Neill & Sjöblom, 2018).…”

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From gamer niche to mainstream media: Twitch’s most popular media figures and content

Castro-Agirre,

Martínez-Fernández

2024

Communication & Society

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This article presents the main features of the Spanish streamers with the most followers on Twitch, as well as their content. The aim of the research is to identify the streamers who hold the most appeal for young people on one of the social networks that has experienced the highest growth in recent years. To this end, based on the selection of the main profiles in terms of number of followers, along with other indicators that help to categorise the content, a portion of the platform’s most influential offering has been analysed. The results show that young people have created a personal space on this platform with features that belong exclusively to their age group, which are part of their youth culture. The streamers act as figureheads by offering spontaneous content to which young people can relate, and the interaction enriches the experience and reinforces a sense of community. Moreover, the latter aspect is essential to the success of the platform, as it occurs at a crucial moment when identity and relationships with peers take on special importance. Our analysis reveals a gender bias consistent with other international research. This is evidenced by the scarce presence of women as content creators, which is an unbalanced distribution that occurs on a national and global scale.

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Section: Twitchmentioning

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From gamer niche to mainstream media: Twitch’s most popular media figures and content

Castro-Agirre,

Martínez-Fernández

2024

Communication & Society

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“…The development of the Internet through local area networks (LAN) gave gamers opportunities to play and test their competitive skills against each other despite their current location. The creation of streaming platform called ‘Twitch.tv’ in 2011 opened up the opportunities for online broadcasting and brought competitive gaming and tournaments across a variety of games like Counter-Strike, Dota 2, League of Legends, Fortnite to the masses and spread them all over the globe (Kokinda and Rodeghero, 2023). Since then, the popularity of eSports events has skyrocketed.…”

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Streaming demand for eSports: Analysis of Counter-strike: Global offensive

Gasparetto

Safronov

2023

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Med

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The eSports industry is growing at a rapid pace. The expansion of streaming services such as Twitch and YouTube Live played an important role in this leap and greatly contributed to the rise in popularity of electronic sports. Despite this success, there is no research on the topic of streaming demand of eSports to date. This paper aims to fill this gap using a demand approach of traditional sports to analyze the streaming demand of an eSports discipline, the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The dataset comprises 865 matches between 2018 and 2021. Multiple Linear Regressions are taken as econometric tools. Main findings indicate that eSports enthusiasts value factors such as quality of tournament, match quality, and individual skill of the athletes when watching matches. In addition, the obtained results reveal that the Uncertainty of Outcome plays a significant role at streaming broadcasts of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, where viewers prefer to watch those games in which there is a high level of competitiveness between the participants. Current research contributes to the existing eSports literature with a new framework for analyzing streaming demand. The empirical findings could be of the interest of tournament organizers as well as streaming platforms for maximizing audiences.

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Board 59: Work in Progress: Streamer and Viewer Interactions in Software and Game-Development Live Streams

Kokinda,

Boyer

2024 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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Streaming software development: Accountability, community, and learning

Cited by 3 publications

References 39 publications

From gamer niche to mainstream media: Twitch’s most popular media figures and content

From gamer niche to mainstream media: Twitch’s most popular media figures and content

Streaming demand for eSports: Analysis of Counter-strike: Global offensive

Board 59: Work in Progress: Streamer and Viewer Interactions in Software and Game-Development Live Streams

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