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Trash Streaming: Characteristics and Methodological Guidelines

Publication date: 2022

Arts & Cultural Studies Review, 2022, Issue 3 (53) Technology between empowerment and exclusion, pp. 445 - 458

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843860PK.22.029.16618

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Barbara Cyrek
DSW University of Lower Silesia
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Malwina Popiołek
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Institute of Culture, Jagiellonian University
ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 4, 30-348 Kraków, Poland
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Trash Streaming: Characteristics and Methodological Guidelines

Abstract

Livestreaming is an opportunity to participate in digital social life, both for streamers and their audience. This participation is associated with the possibility of spreading content considered as socially harmful. Although trash streams have been popular in Central Europe for several years, they are still not fully characterized. Previous studies define them rather operationally – for the needs of a given analysis. This study fills that gap. Based on long-term observation of trash streamers activity and review of the literature and press reports, the authors provide a comprehensive description of trash streams pointing to differences in nomenclature used in Poland and worldwide. The article also provides methodological guidelines for the analysis of trash streams. The authors developed these guidelines on the basis of the analysis of the literature and their own research experience.

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Information: Arts & Cultural Studies Review, 2022, Issue 3 (53) Technology between empowerment and exclusion, pp. 445 - 458

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Trash Streaming: Characteristics and Methodological Guidelines

English:

Trash Streaming: Characteristics and Methodological Guidelines

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3270-6548

Barbara Cyrek
DSW University of Lower Silesia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3270-6548 Orcid
Contact with author
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DSW University of Lower Silesia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9566-2773

Malwina Popiołek
dr
Institute of Culture, Jagiellonian University
ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 4, 30-348 Kraków, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9566-2773 Orcid
All publications →

Institute of Culture, Jagiellonian University
ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 4, 30-348 Kraków, Poland

Published at: 2022

Article status: Open

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