Watch Me Play: Twitch and the Rise of Game Live Streaming - Couverture souple

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Taylor, T. L.

 
9780691183558: Watch Me Play: Twitch and the Rise of Game Live Streaming
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ISBN 10 : 0691183554 ISBN 13 : 9780691183558
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2018

Synopsis

A look at the revolution in game live streaming and esports broadcasting

Every day thousands of people broadcast their gaming live to audiences over the internet using popular sites such as Twitch, which reaches more than one hundred million viewers a month. In these new platforms for interactive entertainment, big esports events featuring digital game competitors live stream globally, and audiences can interact with broadcasters--and each other--through chat in real time. What are the ramifications of this exploding online industry? Taking readers inside home studios and backstage at large esports events, Watch Me Play investigates the rise of game live streaming and how it is poised to alter how we understand media and audiences.

Through extensive interviews and immersion in this gaming scene, T. L. Taylor delves into the inner workings of the live streaming platform Twitch. From branding to business practices, she shows the pleasures and work involved in this broadcasting activity, as well as the management and governance of game live streaming and its hosting communities. At a time when gaming is being reinvented through social media, the potential of an ever-growing audience is transforming user-generated content and alternative distribution methods. These changes will challenge the meaning of ownership and intellectual property and open the way to new forms of creativity.

The first book to explore the online phenomenon Twitch and live streaming games, Watch Me Play offers a vibrant look at the melding of private play and public entertainment.

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À propos de l?auteur

T. L. Taylor is professor of comparative media studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her books include Raising the Stakes and Play between Worlds.

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691183554
ISBN 13 
9780691183558
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
328
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780691165967: Watch Me Play: Twitch and the Rise of Game Live Streaming

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ISBN 10 :  0691165963 ISBN 13 :  9780691165967
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2018
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