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Investigating VTubing as a Reconstruction of Streamer Self-Presentation: Identity, Performance, and Gender
Qian Wan, Zhicong Lu
VTubers, or Virtual YouTubers, are live streamers who create streaming content using animated 2D or 3D virtual avatars. In recent years, there has been a significant increase in th…
StoryChat: Designing a Narrative-Based Viewer Participation Tool for Live Streaming Chatrooms
Ryan Yen, Li Feng, Brinda Mehra +3
Live streaming platforms and existing viewer participation tools enable users to interact and engage with an online community, but the anonymity and scale of chat usually result in…
"It Feels Like Being Locked in A Cage": Understanding Blind or Low Vision Streamers' Perceptions of Content Curation Algorithms
Ethan Z. Rong, Mo Morgana Zhou, Zhicong Lu +1
Blind or low vision (BLV) people were recently reported to be live streamers on the online platforms that employed content curation algorithms. Recent research uncovered algorithm…
An Exploration of Captioning Practices and Challenges of Individual Content Creators on YouTube for People with Hearing Impairments
Franklin Mingzhe Li, Cheng Lu, Zhicong Lu +2
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) audiences have long complained about caption qualities for many online videos created by individual content creators on video-sharing platforms (e.g.…
You Watch, You Give, and You Engage: A Study of Live Streaming Practices in China
Zhicong Lu, Haijun Xia, Seongkook Heo +1
Despite gaining traction in North America, live streaming has not reached the popularity it has in China, where livestreaming has a tremendous impact on the social behaviors of use…