2024/04/05 by Maxwell Foxman, Brandon C. Harris, William Clyde Partin · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Gender, Feminism, and Media #Media Studies and Communication #Social Media and Politics
paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/21670811.2024.2329648
openalex publication_date 2024/04/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/14
Despite Twitch’s dominant position in Western livestreaming markets, institutional journalists rarely produce content on the platform. This paper investigates how journalistic practices, cultures, business models, and institutions approach Twitch through three empirical sites: The Washington Post’s experimentation with the app, left-leaning political influencer Hasan Piker, and the pro-QAnon 24/7 “news” channel, Patriots’ Soapbox. The cases demonstrate how newsmaking on Twitch flouts traditional journalists’ ideological and occupational boundaries, exploiting the platform’s features and affordances to enroll the audience in a live broadcasting experience.