Gamer YouTuber Community in Hungary. Popularity Analysis of the Hungarian Gamer YouTubers
Gamer YouTuber Community in Hungary. Popularity Analysis of the Hungarian Gamer YouTubers
Author(s): Orsolya SaránySubject(s): Communication studies, Social Theory, Family and social welfare
Published by: Medea Egyesület
Keywords: YouTube; gaming; network analysis; popularity
Summary/Abstract: Playing videogames is a very popular activity nowadays. Gaming evolved into a subculture, the gamers latelyare not imagined as teenagers with social anxiety, are not described as “nerds”, but are perceived as members of a very activecommunity. The discourse about gamers, gaming changed among the researchers and in the mass media as well, as thegaming subculture has developed.Videos related to gaming were popular among the community long before YouTube was established, but after the socialmedia platform started to develop, gamers appeared there as well, and started to upload their content to the site, becomingone of the largest YouTuber community. The aim of this paper is to fi nd out if the most popular gamer YouTubers are as popularin the YouTuber community as well or only among the viewers.
Journal: ME.DOK Média-Történet-Kommunikáció
- Issue Year: XIII/2018
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 45-60
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English