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Labour, Learning, and Leisure: The Technical Culture of Practice in Video Game Live Streaming

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Year: 2023, 2023

Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

Name(s): Creator (cre): Holt, Tyler, Thesis advisor (ths): Hodges, Hugh, Degree committee member (dgc): Mitchell, Liam, Degree committee member (dgc): Synenko, Joshua, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University

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 …