TY - GEN
T1 - Harassment experiences of women and LGBTQ live streamers and how they handled negativity
AU - Uttarapong, Jirassaya
AU - Cai, Jie
AU - Wohn, Donghee Yvette Yvette
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 ACM.
PY - 2021/6/21
Y1 - 2021/6/21
N2 - Live streaming is a form of interactive media that potentially makes streamers more vulnerable to harassment due to the unique attributes of the technology that facilitates enhanced information sharing via video and audio. In this study, we document the harassment experiences of 25 live streamers on Twitch from underrepresented groups including women and/or LGBTQ streamers and investigate how they handle and prevent adversity. In particular, live streaming enables streamers to self-moderate their communities, so we delve into the methods of how they manage their communities from both a social and technical perspective. We found that technology can cover the basics for handling negativity, but much emotional and relational work is invested in moderation, community maintenance, and self-care.
AB - Live streaming is a form of interactive media that potentially makes streamers more vulnerable to harassment due to the unique attributes of the technology that facilitates enhanced information sharing via video and audio. In this study, we document the harassment experiences of 25 live streamers on Twitch from underrepresented groups including women and/or LGBTQ streamers and investigate how they handle and prevent adversity. In particular, live streaming enables streamers to self-moderate their communities, so we delve into the methods of how they manage their communities from both a social and technical perspective. We found that technology can cover the basics for handling negativity, but much emotional and relational work is invested in moderation, community maintenance, and self-care.
KW - Coping strategy
KW - Interactive media
KW - LGBTQ
KW - Live streaming
KW - Online harassment
KW - Women
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U2 - 10.1145/3452918.3458794
DO - 10.1145/3452918.3458794
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85110064497
T3 - IMX 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences
SP - 7
EP - 19
BT - IMX 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 2021 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media eXperiences, IMX 2021
Y2 - 21 June 2021 through 23 June 2021
ER -