If you are a participant or are interested in learning more about the project's process, below are some example interview questions
About start of the channel and future directions
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Artist: Erin Frazier |
- How did you get started with streaming?
- How has your channel grown since you started?
- What kind of channel goals do you have for the future?
On the topic of community and interaction
- Tell me a bit about your audience. How would you characterize your viewing community?
- Have you experienced any parasocial relationships (when your viewers act like close friends, despite never having met you)? What do you think of this kind of relationship?
- In your own words, what role(s) do you play on your channel: host, entertainer, mentor, friend? (something else?) How does this come out in your work?
On the topic of difficult topics on stream
- Are there certain conversations that you prefer NOT to have on stream? (e.g. politics, gender, current events, religion, etc.)
- If unwanted topics/conversations come up, do you engage with those topics?
About perceptions of streaming / gaming
- Has your view of gaming culture(s) changed since you started streaming?
- How do you feel about the term playbour (play/labour)? Do you think it's accurate for the work that you do?