Monthly Archives: May 2021

Addicted To Livestreams

From this 2021 paper: * Indian users spend eight hours on various live streaming platforms, which is far more than the average six-hour trend globally (Ganjoo, 2018). These trends are visible on a regular basis. Recently, an incident was reported … Continue reading

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Jewish Matchmaking

Idk who this girl is but she’s hilarious and this is spot on pic.twitter.com/X3fw3vXYl0 — simmy cohen (@simmy_cohen) May 28, 2021

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Why Are Ethicists Usually Late To The Party?

Philosopher A tells me: “They tend to pick up social science stuff much later, and deploy it in their own feuds. They prefer reasoning by intuition. But when someone forces them out of it they respond. Moral psychology is a … Continue reading

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The role of wishful identification, emotional engagement, and parasocial relationships in repeated viewing of live-streaming games

From this 2020 paper: * As viewing and interactions with others increase, audiences develop certain psychological feelings, such as wishful identification with the celebrity live-streamers and emotional engagement with other viewers, which go beyond the vicarious experience of watching a … Continue reading

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Streamer Motives and User-Generated Content on Social Live-Streaming Services

From this 2016 study: * To stream or not to stream – that is the question plaguing the minds of people all over the globe. Ever since humanity discovered the wonders of social media people have also become unnervingly aware … Continue reading

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