Understanding characteristics of popular streamers on live streaming platforms: Evidence from Twitch. tv

K Zhao, Y Hu, Y Hong, JC Westland - Journal of the Association for …, 2019 - papers.ssrn.com
Live streaming platforms such as Twitch and Periscope have become some of the most
popular synchronous social networking services. In order to attract viewers, streamers are …

Live streamers on Twitch. tv as social media influencers: Chances and challenges for strategic communication

J Woodcock, MR Johnson - Social media influencers in strategic …, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Twitch. tv is one of the most successful online live streaming platforms in the world, with 200
million viewers, 2 million regular “streamers,” and a market value of over $1 billion. In this …

Way to success: understanding top streamer's popularity and influence from the perspective of source characteristics

Y Guo, K Zhang, C Wang - Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2022 - Elsevier
Live streaming opens a new way for selling products, in which the streamer plays a leading
role. Whereas e-commerce live streaming has become ever-increasingly prevalent, how to …

Dreaming of stardom and money: Micro-celebrities and influencers on live streaming services

KJ Fietkiewicz, I Dorsch, K Scheibe, F Zimmer… - Social Computing and …, 2018 - Springer
Social live streaming services (SLSSs) are social media, which combine Live-TV with
elements of Social Networking Services (SNSs). In social media and thus also in SLSSs, the …

Content versus community focus in live streaming services: How to drive engagement in synchronous social media

JN Giertz, WH Weiger, M Törhönen… - Journal of Service …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Social live-streaming services are an emerging form of social media that is gaining
in popularity among researchers and practitioners. By facilitating real-time interactions …

What drives streamers? Users' characteristics and motivations on social live streaming services

F Zimmer, K Scheibe - 2019 - scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu
With platforms such as YouNow, Periscope and Ustream, a new type of social networking
services (SNSs) became popular, namely general social live streaming services (SLSSs) …

Determinants of live streamers' continuance broadcasting intentions on Twitch: A self-determination theory perspective

Q Zhao, CD Chen, HW Cheng, JL Wang - Telematics and Informatics, 2018 - Elsevier
Empowered by today's rich tools for a media generation, the rapid development of the
Internet, and collaborative production, live streaming services that allow anyone to launch a …

Spanish Twitch streamers: Personal influence in a broadcast model akin to television

J Sixto-García, D Losada-Fernández - Convergence, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Following the migration of influencers from YouTube to Twitch and the boom in popularity
experienced by the latter social network, this paper explores if brands are capitalizing on the …

Audience management practices of live streamers on Twitch

DY Wohn, G Freeman - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM International …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Live streaming is a unique medium that merges different layers of communication by
facilitating individual, group, and mass communication simultaneously. Streamers who …

You watch, you give, and you engage: a study of live streaming practices in China

Z Lu, H Xia, S Heo, D Wigdor - Proceedings of the 2018 CHI conference …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Despite gaining traction in North America, live streaming has not reached the popularity it
has in China, where live-streaming has a tremendous impact on the social behaviors of …