Broadcasting upon a shooting star

Investigating the success of Afreeca TV's livestream personal broadcast model

Bibliographic Data

ID7502670
AuthorsSoo Kwang Oh (corresponding author), Hyun Ju Choi (0000-0002-6333-0299)
Year2017
Volume13
Issue2
Pages193-193
Publication date2017-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Web Based Communities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1477-8394 • E-ISSN: 1741-8216
PublisherInderscience Publishers (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1504/ijwbc.2017.084414
OpenAlexW2624553128
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

This study examined the increasingly popular social media platform and online personal broadcasting service, Afreeca TV. The website features a live stream self-broadcasting model accompanied by a live chat window. This study employed a qualitative content analysis of most popular shows on Afreeca TV to identify elements that make its model successful. We discuss following key elements that help understand Afreeca TV's success: 1) real-time audience participation/influence on broadcasts; 2) sociality offered through companionship and virtual community; 3) virtual celebrity arising from the platform's unique fan culture; 4) convenient expression of satisfaction through the unique 'star balloon' feature; 5) diversified content and structure fulfilling the changing needs of audiences; 6) livecast management system ensuring the quality of content and interactions. This study contributes to both research and practice by highlighting how audience behaviour on social broadcasting platforms are changing

Broadcasting (networking · Computer network · Computer security · IPTV · Key (lock · Multimedia · Service (business · Star (game theory · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Digital Marketing and Social Media · Media Studies and Communication

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