University of Oregon: Twitch App Moves into news coverage, redefining journalism. “The popular app Twitch, created to livestream video game action, is redefining journalism as it becomes a source for news, University of Oregon research found. Established news groups and digital-age influencers are competing on Twitch in creative ways to draw users who expect to participate in coverage, said Maxwell Foxman, a media and game studies professor whose research on Twitch was recently published in the journal Digital Journalism.”

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