Content structure is king: An empirical study on gratifications, game genres and content type on Twitch

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Highlights：

• This study helps understand the relation between content type and topic.

• Content structure is shown to be more important than content topic for consumption.

• The results indicate that, indeed, “the medium is the message”.

• Games may offer highly varying gratifications when played and when spectated.

摘要

•This study helps understand the relation between content type and topic.•Content structure is shown to be more important than content topic for consumption.•The results indicate that, indeed, “the medium is the message”.•Games may offer highly varying gratifications when played and when spectated.

论文关键词：Streaming,New media,Genres,Uses and gratifications,Video games,Social media,User-generated content

论文评审过程：Received 5 December 2016, Revised 15 March 2017, Accepted 17 March 2017, Available online 24 March 2017, Version of Record 24 March 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.03.036