Year: 2026, 2026
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Thompson, Tamara Jean Taylor, Thesis advisor (ths): Baetz, Joel, Degree committee member (dgc): Principe, Concetta, Degree committee member (dgc): Kreuter, Aaron, Degree committee member (dgc): Synenko, Joshua, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>The purpose of this thesis is to acknowledge the contributions chapbooks have made to the world of Canadian publishing and to Canadian culture. It is important to place chapbooks in Canada's publishing history as there has not been a lot of writing on chapbooks or even on Canadian publishing. What sources there are usually focus on larger, traditional presses, often based in Ontario… more
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Games, and especially video games are fast becoming the most pervasive media form, and live streaming games is fast becoming the most pervasive way of experiencing those games. This thesis looks at the history of broadcast, the practices of technological hobbyists, the social and technological aspect of games, gaming communities that transform game narratives, and gaming communities that… more Full Text: Labour, Learning, and Leisure: The Technical Culture of Practice in Video Game Live Streaming A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts and …