Presentation Year

2019

Depreciated Participant

Allison IafrateEnglishUndergraduate Student

College or Department

Short Description of your Research or Creative Project (700 characters or less)

Twitch.tv is an online streaming platform where gamers can record their game-play and commentary in a live setting, while interacting with their viewers. Streaming has the potential to create an intimate setting where people who enjoy videogames can come together to share their interests. How much of that social interaction, though, is directly linked to users spending their money? This ongoing research project investigates the ways in which Twitch uses the appeal of social rewards (such as friendship, happiness, and community bonding) to promote the spending of economic capital.

Permission to Publish Work

Yes

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707

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