Streaming by the Rest of Us: Microstreaming Videogames on Twitch

by Mia Consalvo, Andrei Zanescu, Marc Lajeunesse

An in-depth investigation of the Twitch streamers who make up the largest population on the platform: those streaming to small audiences or even no one.

The vast majority of people who stream themselves playing videogames online do so with few or no viewers. In Streaming by the Rest of Us, Mia Consalvo, Marc Lajeunesse, and Andrei Zanescu investigate who they are, why they do so, and why this form of leisure activity is important...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262552159
• ISBN13: 9780262552158
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 272 Pages