Episode 61 - The Ethics of Making Money on Twitch or YouTube (with Mark Johnson)

Ethics and Video Games Podcast

Making money playing games on Twitch or YouTube sounds like a dream come true! But money never comes without strings attached. Streamers face pressures to build up their audience, ask for financial support, land and keep sponsors. It’s hard work and many burn out. Meanwhile, there’s questions about the ways Twitch and YouTube benefit from their labor. What are the ethics of making money playing games on Twitch or YouTube?

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Our guest for this episode is Dr Mark R Johnson, a Lecturer in Digital Cultures in the Department of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney. His research focuses on game live streaming and Twitch.tv, esports, and gamification and gamblification. He has published in journals including ‘Information, Communication and Society’, ‘New Media and Society’, ‘Media, Culture and Society’, ‘Convergence’, and ‘Games and Culture’. Outside academia he is also an independent game designer best known for the roguelike "Ultima Ratio Regum".

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