Talk like somebody is watching: Understanding and supporting novice live streamers

Author

Terrance MOK, University of Calgary
Colin Matthew AU YUENG, University of Calgary
Anthony TANG, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
Lora OEHLBERG, University of Calgary

Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

6-2020

Abstract

We built a chatbot system–Audience Bot–that simulates an audience for novice live streamers to engage with while streaming. New live streamers on platforms like Twitch are expected to perform and talk to themselves, even while no one is watching. We ran an observational lab study on how Audience Bot assists novice live streamers as they acclimate to multitasking–simultaneously playing a video game while performing for a (simulated) audience.

Keywords

Audience, Chatbot, Live streams, Streamers, Virtual audience

Discipline

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Information Security | Social Media

Research Areas

Information Systems and Management

Publication

IMX '20: Proceeding of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences Cornella, Barcelona, Spain June 17-19

First Page

154

Last Page

159

ISBN

9781450379762

Identifier

10.1145/3391614.3399392

Publisher

ACM

City or Country

New York

Citation

MOK, Terrance; AU YUENG, Colin Matthew; TANG, Anthony; and OEHLBERG, Lora. Talk like somebody is watching: Understanding and supporting novice live streamers. (2020). IMX '20: Proceeding of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences Cornella, Barcelona, Spain June 17-19. 154-159.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/7906

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Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1145/3391614.3399392