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Why do people watch others play video games? An empirical study on the motivations of Twitch users

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Sjöblom, Max, Hamari, Juho·2017·Computers in Human Behavior
DOI 10.1016/j.chb.2016.10.019
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Authors
Sjöblom, M., & Hamari, J.
Venue
Computers in Human Behavior
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-10
Volume
75
Pages
985-996
ISSN
0747-5632 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.chb.2016.10.019
OpenAlex
W3123845465
Cited by
672
References
18
FWCI
102.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
green
Licence
  • www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
  • www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
Funders
Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation (40009/16, 40111/14)

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