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‘It’s like the gold rush’: the lives and careers of professional video game streamers on Twitch.tv

Mark R. JohnsonScience and Technology Studies Unit, University of York, York, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jamie WoodcockDepartment of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UKView further author information
Pages 336-351 | Received 05 Jan 2017, Accepted 15 Sep 2017, Published online: 16 Oct 2017

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