streaming @ the margins of play
The majority of people who livestream on sites like Twitch do it for very small or no audiences at all. Yet most research focuses on large, celebrity streamers. Since 2015, this research project has investigated those 'microstreamers' as they stream game play, game development, and other activities. It looks at how liveness, authenticity, a streaming meta and theories of serious and casual leisure are important ways to understand that practice.
Papers, Journal Articles, Book Chapters
Coming Soon!
Microstreaming on Twitch,
MIT Press
by:
Mia Consalvo,
Marc Lajeunesse
& Andrei Zanescu
Playing the (streaming) game: (Re)presentations of success, challenges, and demand in streaming simulation games
January 2024, Kelly Boudreau, Mia Consalvo, Nick Bowman and Andy Phelps, Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Honolulu, HI, USA
Twitch as Metaplatform: Conglomeration and Platform Power
June 2022, Andrei Zanescu, Mia Consalvo and Marc Lajeunesse. Paper presented at Global Perspectives on Platforms and Cultural Production conference, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Game development live on Twitch: Observations of practice and educational synergies
2021, Mia Consalvo and Andrew Phelps. In Game Production Studies, edited by Olli Sotamaa and Jan Švelch, Amsterdam UP, pp. 123-129
A political economy of Twitch
April 2019, Mia Consalvo. Invited talk, More Than Just a Game V conference, London, UK
2018, Mia Consalvo. In Transgressions in Games and Play, edited by Kristine Jørgensen and Faltin Karlsen, MIT Press
Why did we think we wanted to become affiliates? Researching play by self-streaming on Twitch
October 2018, Mia Consalvo, Marc Lajeunesse and Andrei Zanescu. Paper presented at the Association of Internet Researchers annual conference, Montreal, Canada
January 2017, Rainforest Scully-Blaker, Jason Begy, Mia Consalvo and Sarah Ganzon. Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, Kona, USA
January 2023, Mia Consalvo, Kelly Boudreau, Nick Bowman and Andy Phelps, Proceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, HI, USA
January 2022, Andrew Phelps, Nick Bowman, Mia Consalvo and Sam Smythe. Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, online
January 2020, Andrew Phelps and Mia Consalvo. Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, Maui, USA
January 2019, Mia Consalvo and Andrew Phelps. Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, Maui, USA
'I'm a player and an entertainer': Investigating the social and cultural contexts of live streaming
December 2018, Mia Consalvo. Keynote address, Authored Cultures/Authoring Cultures: Negotiating Control over Media Texts conference, Torun, Poland
2017, Mia Consalvo. Critical Studies in Media Communication, Vol. 34, No. 1, 84-87
October 2016, Mia Consalvo and Marilyn Sugiarto. Paper presented at the Association of Internet Researchers annual conference, Berlin, Germany
July 2022, Andrei Zanescu, Mia Consalvo and Marc Lajeunesse. Paper presented at Digital Games Research Association annual conference, Krakow, Poland
January 2021, Andrew Phelps, Mia Consalvo and Nick Bowman. Proceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, online
Why game livestreaming matters: An examination of its cultural, social, political and economic impacts
May 2019, Mia Consalvo. Keynote address, Game Studies Division Preconference, International Communication Association annual conference, Washington, DC, USA
June 2020, Mia Consalvo, Marc Lajeunesse and Andrei Zanescu. Paper presented at Digital Games Research Association annual conference, cancelled
November 2018, Andrew Phelps and Mia Consalvo. Game Studies Preconference, National Communication association conference, Salt Lake City, USA
October 2017, Mia Consalvo and Roger Altizer. Paper presented at the Association of Internet Researchers annual conference, Tartu, Estonia
Additional Activities, Etc.
Team Members
Mia Consalvo
Nick Bowman
Marc Lajeunesse
Marilyn Sugiarto
Andrei Zanescu
Andrew Phelps