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Real Life in Real Time

Live Streaming Culture

Live Streaming Culture

Edited by Johanna Brewer, Bo Ruberg, Amanda L. L. Cullen and Christopher J. Persaud

Edited by Johanna Brewer, Bo Ruberg, Amanda L. L. Cullen and Christopher J. Persaud

Edited by Johanna Brewer, Bo Ruberg, Amanda L. L. Cullen and Christopher J. Persaud

Edited by Johanna Brewer, Bo Ruberg, Amanda L. L. Cullen and Christopher J. Persaud

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    About Real Life in Real Time

    The cultural ramifications of online live streaming, including its effects on identity and power in digital spaces.

    Some consider live streaming—the broadcasting of video and/or audio footage live online—simply an internet fad or source of entertainment, yet it is at the center of the digital mediation of our lives. In this edited volume, Johanna Brewer, Bo Ruberg, Amanda L. L. Cullen, and Christopher J. Persaud present a broad range of essays that explore the cultural implications of live streaming, paying special attention to how it is shifting notions of identity and power in digital spaces. The diverse set of international authors included represent a variety of perspectives, from digital media studies to queer studies, from human-computer interaction to anthropology, and more.
    While important foundational work has been carried out by game studies scholars, many other elements of streaming practices remain to be explored. To deepen engagement with diversity and social justice, the editors have included a variety of voices on such topics as access, gender, sexuality, race, disability, harassment, activism, and the cultural implications of design aesthetics. Live streaming affects a wide array of behaviors, norms, and patterns of communication. But above all, it lets participants observe and engage with real life as it unfolds in real time. Ultimately, these essays challenge us to look at both the possibilities for harm and the potential for radical change that live streaming presents.

    About Real Life in Real Time

    The cultural ramifications of online live streaming, including its effects on identity and power in digital spaces.

    Some consider live streaming—the broadcasting of video and/or audio footage live online—simply an internet fad or source of entertainment, yet it is at the center of the digital mediation of our lives. In this edited volume, Johanna Brewer, Bo Ruberg, Amanda L. L. Cullen, and Christopher J. Persaud present a broad range of essays that explore the cultural implications of live streaming, paying special attention to how it is shifting notions of identity and power in digital spaces. The diverse set of international authors included represent a variety of perspectives, from digital media studies to queer studies, from human-computer interaction to anthropology, and more.
    While important foundational work has been carried out by game studies scholars, many other elements of streaming practices remain to be explored. To deepen engagement with diversity and social justice, the editors have included a variety of voices on such topics as access, gender, sexuality, race, disability, harassment, activism, and the cultural implications of design aesthetics. Live streaming affects a wide array of behaviors, norms, and patterns of communication. But above all, it lets participants observe and engage with real life as it unfolds in real time. Ultimately, these essays challenge us to look at both the possibilities for harm and the potential for radical change that live streaming presents.

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    Product Details

    Category: Science & Technology

    Paperback | $40.00
    Published by The MIT Press
    Aug 22, 2023 | 352 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780262545655

    Category: Science & Technology

    Ebook | $28.99
    Published by The MIT Press
    Aug 22, 2023 | 352 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780262374767

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    Table Of Contents

    Foreword: Broadcasting Our Lives, Broadcasting Ourselves ix
    T.L. Taylor

    Introduction: The Revolution Is Streaming Live: Cultural Perspectives on the Age of Live Streaming 1
    Bo Ruberg, Johanna Brewer, Amanda L. L. Cullen, and Christopher J. Persaud

    Streaming Beyond Video Games
    1 How Camming Made Streaming: Retelling the History of Live Streaming through Webcam Modeling 27
    Bo Ruberg
    2 “Calling All the Cattle”: Music Live Streams during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil 41
    Gabriel Pereira and Beatriz Ricci
    3 Mental Health Live: An Ethnographic Study of the Mental Health of Twitch Streamers during COVID 57
    Kelli N. Dunlap, Marie Shanley, and Jocelyn Wagner
    4 Live Streamed Surgeries, Medical Media’s Racial and Gendered Logics, and Patient Agency within Misogynoir 73
    Olivia Banner

    Tackling Toxicity in Real Time
    5 “Breaking News: Streamers Don’t Wanna Do the Horizontal Tango with You”: Creative Responses to Toxicity 89
    Olivia Rines
    6 How We Learned to Stop SWATing and Love the (Zoom-)Bomb: A (De)predatory History of Disrupting the Live Stream 103
    Arun Jacob and Christine H. Tran
    7 Precarity and Privilege: The White Politics of Board Game Streamers 117
    Aaron Trammell
    8 Toxic Community Policing: Weaponizing Moderation Tools on Twitch 131
    Andrew Zolides

    Broadcasting Gender and Sexuality
    9 The Friendly, Funny, and Bizarre Queer on Live: Queer Live Streaming in South Korea 147
    Jin Lee
    10 Tip the Queens! Black Girl Magic in Live Streaming 163
    Christopher J. Persaud
    11 BabyRage: Playing while Pregnant in Live Streaming 179
    Amanda L. L. Cullen
    12 Shout-Outed: Pronoun Hazards in Live Streamed Esports Events (A Conversation with Sasha “Magi” Sullivan) 193
    Matt Knutson

    Designing the Live Aesthetic
    13 “We Play Dungeons & Dragons!” How Actual Play Live Streams Have (Re)shaped the D&D Gaming Community 203
    Emma French
    14 A Year in The Arena: Academic Live Streaming and Competitive Play 217
    Evelynn Kersting, Janelle Malagon, and Casey O’Ceallaigh
    15 “Thou Shall Never Use a Fire Stone on Eevee”: Twitch Plays Pokemon and the Articulation of Game Brands as Cultural Texts 231
    Michael Anthony DeAnda
    16 Emoting Culture on Twitch.tv: The Removal and Reinstatement of PogChamp 245

    Revolutionizing Cultural Production
    17 Live Streaming as a Cultural Industry 261
    18 Cultures of Precarity and “Grinding” for Audiences on Twitch.tv 275
    Charlotte Panneton
    19 Games Done Quick, Organizational Presence, and Speedrunning Identity 289
    Robyn Hope
    20 Seeing Like the Streamers: Reprogramming the Panopticon 303
    Johanna Brewer

    Contributors 321
    Index 325

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