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In September of 2020, Dextero reported how popular Twitch streamer \u201cSweet Anita\u201d collected the tales of multiple female streamers who found themselves facing \u201cpolice inaction\u201d at the hands of their stalkers (Glaze 2021). Anita notes how her stalker has gone as far as to move \u201cwithin four minutes of where she lived\u201d and \u201cfollowed her to a shop and chased her out into the street, purportedly carrying a knife\u201d (2021). Anita collected the stories of multiple streamers, those who entertain online \u201ccommunities\u201d typically by playing video games and engaging with an active \u201cchat\u201d of viewers, who experienced similar stories of stalkers or threats.<\/p>\n\n\n

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While these horrifying examples are perhaps rare, it is worth noting that there is a reason an application such as Twitch fosters these parasocial relationships. This article intends to look at the multiple ways in which Twitch allows viewers to \u201cinteract\u201d with their content, and then analyze why those interactions foster a parasocial viewing experience that can occasionally breed directly dangerous relationships. In these extreme examples it is easy to see how the viewer\u2019s typical rules of media literacy has been superseded by this parasocial relationship with the streamer, but it is worth analyzing if and why this parasocial viewing manifests in all Twitch viewers.<\/p>\n\n\n

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An experiment in which users were placed into a simulated Twitch-like viewing experience allowed users to record their emotional response when they performed certain interactions with a Twitch channel. For example, users could record their immediate reaction when their \u201csubscription\u201d popped up on a streamer\u2019s screen, or their feelings when a streamer responded when to the chat, and overall how much it affected their feelings of \u201cparasocial interaction\u201d with the streamer (Wulf et al, 2021). While the data and multiple graphs provide structural ways to view how the interaction affects the viewer, there is one glaring and consistent point: interaction with the streamer in any form increases the viewer\u2019s parasocial relationship to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These parasocial relationships are not unique to these new streaming platforms. In fact, according to Cohen and Hoffner\u2019s research many would not consider it unusual if a celebrity death sparked a dedicated fan to go through the typical grieving process (2016). This is a fairly simple concept to understand, as a consumer experiences multiple instances of gratification and probably feels a sense of \u201cknowing\u201d the celebrity. Fu & Yip\u2019s research goes as far as to state that the suicide of a celebrity can lead to increased suicide ideation amongst those who encounter news of the celebrity suicide (2007).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This shows the way even a typical media diet can affect even a typical consumer to the point that it affects their sense of empathy towards the celebrity. Therefore, it is easy to understand how a platform that encourages viewers to send messages and money which in turn offer a chance or sense at immediate gratification directed towards them can lead to them forming an even stronger sense of community with the \u201ccelebrity\u201d or streamer in this case. This could explain in part why the daily viewership time for a typical Twitch stream is \u201c106 minutes\u201d, much higher than the typical television program. Two conclusions can be drawn from this; the first that viewers of streams \u201cgenerally feel closer to the streamer than they do the other viewers in the chat\u201d and the second that \u201cincreased freedom to communicate directly with viewers (i.e., break the fourth wall)… overcomes the weaknesses associated with specific content types\u201d (Leith 2021). All of this results in a more parasocial, and a more intimate relationship between viewer and streamer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Twitch stream, and especially the chat, seem like a new example of McLuhan\u2019s classic \u201cthe medium is the message.\u201d No matter how distant the viewer may believe they are, participating in the interactive elements of a Twitch stream is in some form fostering a parasocial relationship. Thankfully, most of these relationships will not result in stalking or other malicious behaviors like Sweet Anita experienced, but these dangerous tipping points are worth analyzing when we consider new platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n

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As a final note, it was just recently on April 4th, 2022, when the streamer xQc broke his viewership peak, as he hit 233,000 active viewers during a stream taking part in the collaborative Reddit art project known as \/r\/place (Patterson, 2022). In a chat with thousands of participants, surely these individual viewers do not feel seen. Yet, the chat \u201ccommunity\u201d continues to experience a never ending scroll of new messages leading us to wonder how powerfully developed these parasocial relationships truly are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blight, Michael P. (2016). Relationships to Video Game Streamers: Examining Gratifications, Parasocial Relationships, Fandom, and Community Affiliation Online, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/openview\/a07c5773a3ab32ab8b489d0720719bd7\/1?pq-origsite=gsch olar&cbl=18750<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fu, K. W., & Yip, P. S. (2007). Long-term impact of celebrity suicide on suicidal ideation: results from a population-based study. Journal of epidemiology and community health, 61(6), 540\u2013546. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/jech.2005.045005<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glaze, V. (2020, September 8). Sweetanita, xchocobars &amp; more expose police inaction to Twitch Stalkers. Dexerto. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/entertainment\/sweetanita-xchocobars-more-expose-police-inaction-to-twitch-stalkers-1416467\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leith, Alex P. (2021) Parasocial cues: The ubiquity of parasocial relationships on Twitch, Communication Monographs, 88:1, 111-129, DOI: 10.1080\/03637751.2020.1868544<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patterson, C. (2022, April 5). Xqc breaks his twitch viewership record again after viral r\/place stream. Dexerto. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/entertainment\/xqc-breaks-his-twitch-viewership-record-as-viral-r-place -art-stream-censored-by-reddit-1797391\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tian, Q., & Hoffner, C. A. (2010). Parasocial interaction with liked, neutral, and disliked characters on a popular TV series. Mass Communication and Society, 13, 250-269. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ward, T. (2018, May 1). The biggest gamer in the world breaks down Twitch for us. Forbes. https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/tomward\/2018\/05\/01\/the-biggest-gamer-in-the-world-breaks-downtwitch for-us\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wulf, T, Schneider, Frank M., and Queck, Juliane..Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.Oct 2021.648-653. http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1089\/cyber.2020.0546<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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