Community and Capital: Experiences of Women Game Streamers in Southeast Asia

This study explores how women game live streamers in Southeast Asia make sense of their experiences as performers and gamers on streaming platforms dominated by Western products and performers. We conducted 13 in-depth interviews guided by an interpretive phenomenological approach to understand thei...

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Published in:ACM transactions on social computing 2021-09, Vol.4 (3), p.1-22
Main Authors: Alvarez, Katrina Paola B., Chen, Vivian Hsueh Hua
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:This study explores how women game live streamers in Southeast Asia make sense of their experiences as performers and gamers on streaming platforms dominated by Western products and performers. We conducted 13 in-depth interviews guided by an interpretive phenomenological approach to understand their experiences. Women streamers strive to develop audience communities and gain acceptance in the larger gaming community, in part by successfully displaying their own gaming capital. However, they face challenges regarding audience connection and maintenance, presenting their own femininity amid stereotypes and misogyny, and the influence of their respective cultures on their success as performers. We discuss directions of study that further explore gaming and streaming as a form of cultural labor in Asia and the world.
ISSN:2469-7818
2469-7826
DOI:10.1145/3481888