So What Was the Point of it All? – Research Report

Notes and Observations Throughout my autoethnographic research, I’ve recorded my findings in multiple formats. The primary is note-taking, which allows me to crystallise my thoughts as they occur and look back at them to discover how my thinking has changed (blog post 4), or how I can re-examine something with new context provided by epiphanies

Beta Comments -What do they say? Do they say things? Let’s Find Out.

This round of feedback was a bit more challenging than last time, as everyone’s projects were far more refined and had a firmer grasp on subject concepts like persona. However, this worked to my advantage, as I was able to contrast what they had written with my own work to see what I was doing

BCM241 – Streaming Beta

The autoethnographic approach I’ve taken is participant observation, taking notes as I develop my persona and watch others perform, and then using this research to develop my own project (Merrium & Tisdel 2016). This has been a great method, as I’ve been able to adapt my DA as I witness new things, and the types

Participant Observation Notes

First stream  Highest viewer count was only 2, but I didn’t feel like people were watching me. The anticipation that someone could watch me added a slight amount of excitement to playing the game that wouldn’t otherwise be there Got a follower and that made me feel good, like someone actually enjoyed my content I

All About Analysis

While I identified a number of epiphanies last blog post, I still need to further investigate and analyse them from a critical perspective. To refresh your memory, these were the three primary epiphanies: Most streamers with a large audience (1,000 plus concurrent viewers) feel homogenous and lack points of differentiation. Smaller streamers (sub 1,000 concurrent

Reflecting On My Research: What Have I Learnt So Far?

My research has been going well and has already greatly improved my understanding of my niche and my original problematising perspective. I watch two streams a week, picking a random streamer in any video game category on Twitch and documenting my experience watching. I then translate this into a blog post, the first of which

BCM241 Comment Reflections

Being my first comment, I was still deciding how to assess the work, so I followed the marking criteria and wrote out a pros and cons list. This allowed me to organise each section into similar information, opening with the formatting and progressing into the content. However, I felt I could have been overstepping when

BCM 241 Pitch – Video Game Streaming

In developing the persona of a video game streamer, it’s important I consider the five elements that contribute for me to better observe and analyse how they are utilised. Publicness – The most popular streamers have aliases and build their persona around this. For example, Dream has never released his real name. Mediatisation – The

Broadening My Horizons: What Makes a Streamer Tick?

In my previous blog post, I specified that I would be looking at the Runescape streamer niche. However, upon reflection, and with guidance from my subject coordinator, I’ve decided to broaden my scope to encompass all video game streamers. This was a good step to do early on and allowed me to already utilise some

Runescape Livestreamers: What Separates the Zeros from the Heroes?

My interests lie with video game content creators and how they are able to distinguish themselves above thousands of others who are all competing for the same audience. As such, I want to develop my understanding of the video game livestreamer, focusing on those who stream the game Runescape. This Twitch category has over 1