Dr Brandon Harris
@drbrandonharris.bsky.social
Husband + cat dad + Prof in AL studying: twitch, gaming, platforms, media industries, labor, & content creators one unhinged study at a time.
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We’re all still waiting for ICA submission decisions, but a reminder that ICA GSD is hosting onsite precon on toxic masc in gaming & media industries June 12. Submissions due Feb 8th icagames.org/2025preconfe...
@chefboibex.bsky.social Hi Bex, are you planning on writing a story about how French Kick streamers tortured Pormanov to death while live? If so, I can speak to how platform governance and terms of service agreements can allow this behavior in the first place. @bloggeronpole.bsky.social rec'd you
August 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
@chefboibex.bsky.social Hi Bex, are you planning on writing a story about how French Kick streamers tortured Pormanov to death while live? If so, I can speak to how platform governance and terms of service agreements can allow this behavior in the first place. @bloggeronpole.bsky.social rec'd you
I'll be discussing the state of political discourse on Twitch. Creators develop on- and offline harassment campaigns or "smear" attacks on rivals. I use "cycles of antagonism" to explain the cyclical nature of smear campaigns
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3pm EST/12pm PST- VOD later
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June 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I'll be discussing the state of political discourse on Twitch. Creators develop on- and offline harassment campaigns or "smear" attacks on rivals. I use "cycles of antagonism" to explain the cyclical nature of smear campaigns
lnkd.in/gc6Jrd_J
3pm EST/12pm PST- VOD later
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3pm EST/12pm PST- VOD later
Headed to #ICA25, excited to share 2 presentations w/ yall at the #DebatingCreatorCulture precon— talking how anon hate creators and NIL athletes do influencer work. Looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones, say hi 👋🏻
June 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Headed to #ICA25, excited to share 2 presentations w/ yall at the #DebatingCreatorCulture precon— talking how anon hate creators and NIL athletes do influencer work. Looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones, say hi 👋🏻
Was recently quoted in CNN on the resurgence of the r-word as a slur by figures like Joe Rogan, Musk, and Ye. Cruelty is good for business in the creator economy but audiences need to reject it to make it less profitable
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Thanks Scottie Andrew!
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Thanks Scottie Andrew!
June 6, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Was recently quoted in CNN on the resurgence of the r-word as a slur by figures like Joe Rogan, Musk, and Ye. Cruelty is good for business in the creator economy but audiences need to reject it to make it less profitable
lnkd.in/g2Um_b6J
Thanks Scottie Andrew!
lnkd.in/g2Um_b6J
Thanks Scottie Andrew!
Me and @bowmanspartan.bsky.social wrote on trad'l sports franchises experimenting w/ esports & gaming content for the Beyond Sports Initiative. icir.ua.edu/bsi/ NFL channel incorporated athletes to create new entertainment genre, NBA made esports tourneys but struggled for viewership
Beyond Sports Initiative - Institute for Communication and Information Research | The University of Alabama
Part of the University of Alabama
icir.ua.edu
May 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Me and @bowmanspartan.bsky.social wrote on trad'l sports franchises experimenting w/ esports & gaming content for the Beyond Sports Initiative. icir.ua.edu/bsi/ NFL channel incorporated athletes to create new entertainment genre, NBA made esports tourneys but struggled for viewership
Reposted by Dr Brandon Harris
In a new paper for Convergence, @pamogranite.bsky.social & I examine the challenges Instagram & TikTok creators at risk of de-platforming face when holding onto communities, arguing that these spaces' turn towards entertainment & selling is producing fatigue: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
May 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
In a new paper for Convergence, @pamogranite.bsky.social & I examine the challenges Instagram & TikTok creators at risk of de-platforming face when holding onto communities, arguing that these spaces' turn towards entertainment & selling is producing fatigue: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
we talking about twitch again in games and culture class! teaching some of my favorite readings and doing twitch field trips in class... last week we found a musician playing guitar, class asked me to request "mr brightside" in chat, streamer said we had poor taste... poggers
April 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
we talking about twitch again in games and culture class! teaching some of my favorite readings and doing twitch field trips in class... last week we found a musician playing guitar, class asked me to request "mr brightside" in chat, streamer said we had poor taste... poggers
Excited to share ongoing work w/ The University of Alabama College of Communication & Information Sciences family this Friday. I'll present some current research on inconsistent platform governance on Twitch and how that benefits androcentric hegemony in gaming and esports communities.
March 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Excited to share ongoing work w/ The University of Alabama College of Communication & Information Sciences family this Friday. I'll present some current research on inconsistent platform governance on Twitch and how that benefits androcentric hegemony in gaming and esports communities.
@tsingleton.bsky.social so great to connect with you at IACS this weekend!
March 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
@tsingleton.bsky.social so great to connect with you at IACS this weekend!
Headed to Chicago for the @IACSacademic conference, presenting ongoing work on professional sports leagues that are experimenting with esports and content creation w/coauthor @bowmanspartan.bsky.social — see my Beyond Sports Institute folks soon 🙌🏼
March 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Headed to Chicago for the @IACSacademic conference, presenting ongoing work on professional sports leagues that are experimenting with esports and content creation w/coauthor @bowmanspartan.bsky.social — see my Beyond Sports Institute folks soon 🙌🏼
5 more days to submit to the @icagames.bsky.social precon on toxic masculinity! All disciplines are welcome because this is a problem that affects all of us, not just the games industry. Join us :) icagames.org/2025preconfe...
ICA Game Studies 2025 Preconference: Draining the Swamp: Toxic Masculinity as A Threat to The Media Industries and Beyond – ICA Game Studies
icagames.org
February 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
5 more days to submit to the @icagames.bsky.social precon on toxic masculinity! All disciplines are welcome because this is a problem that affects all of us, not just the games industry. Join us :) icagames.org/2025preconfe...
Roses are red, violets are blue, plz keep applying to our tox masc precon In June!
Submissions due Feb 28, all disciplines & fields encouraged to submit and join our conversation on how tox masc is a threat to the media industries and beyond
icagames.org/2025preconfe...
Submissions due Feb 28, all disciplines & fields encouraged to submit and join our conversation on how tox masc is a threat to the media industries and beyond
icagames.org/2025preconfe...
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ALT: a blackboard with red hearts and the words happy valentine 's day on it
media.tenor.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Roses are red, violets are blue, plz keep applying to our tox masc precon In June!
Submissions due Feb 28, all disciplines & fields encouraged to submit and join our conversation on how tox masc is a threat to the media industries and beyond
icagames.org/2025preconfe...
Submissions due Feb 28, all disciplines & fields encouraged to submit and join our conversation on how tox masc is a threat to the media industries and beyond
icagames.org/2025preconfe...
Reposted by Dr Brandon Harris
New publication! 🚨 Together with my brill team (@taylorannabell.bsky.social & @cgoanta.bsky.social), we explore how parents turn kids into commodities on TikTok, diving into the nuances of *kidfluencers* & raising legal questions about platform governance. See🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
February 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
New publication! 🚨 Together with my brill team (@taylorannabell.bsky.social & @cgoanta.bsky.social), we explore how parents turn kids into commodities on TikTok, diving into the nuances of *kidfluencers* & raising legal questions about platform governance. See🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Thrilled to be included in this list of finalists from @djeditorialteam in 2024. Go check out @MaxwellFoxman @william_partin and I's article on Twitch streamers doing news work on the platform - innovation and collapsing boundaries while producing news for fans
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January 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Thrilled to be included in this list of finalists from @djeditorialteam in 2024. Go check out @MaxwellFoxman @william_partin and I's article on Twitch streamers doing news work on the platform - innovation and collapsing boundaries while producing news for fans
doi.org/10.1080/2167...
doi.org/10.1080/2167...
We’re all still waiting for ICA submission decisions, but a reminder that ICA GSD is hosting onsite precon on toxic masc in gaming & media industries June 12. Submissions due Feb 8th icagames.org/2025preconfe...
January 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We’re all still waiting for ICA submission decisions, but a reminder that ICA GSD is hosting onsite precon on toxic masc in gaming & media industries June 12. Submissions due Feb 8th icagames.org/2025preconfe...
Very excited for my games & media course this semester! Lots of exciting readings, guest speakers, activities, playing games, and thinking about how games are made/what they mean and represent in our culture. Hope my students are ready for me to absolutely nerd out on this every week
December 30, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Very excited for my games & media course this semester! Lots of exciting readings, guest speakers, activities, playing games, and thinking about how games are made/what they mean and represent in our culture. Hope my students are ready for me to absolutely nerd out on this every week
Watching the beast games show on Amazon and I think Jimmy has finally transformed/emerged into a villain.. clip of him screaming “find you someone money can’t buy” while forcing ppl to compete for 5mil in his own squid games seems like he’s taken a turn for the worst
December 28, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Watching the beast games show on Amazon and I think Jimmy has finally transformed/emerged into a villain.. clip of him screaming “find you someone money can’t buy” while forcing ppl to compete for 5mil in his own squid games seems like he’s taken a turn for the worst
Get your “Netflix is crashing, they bad at livestreaming” memes ready for the Beyoncé halftime show with a football game sandwiched around it next week
a woman wearing a cowboy carter sash rides a horse
Alt: Beyoncé wearing a cowboy carter sash rides a horse, artwork from the cowboy carter album
media.tenor.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:11 AM
Get your “Netflix is crashing, they bad at livestreaming” memes ready for the Beyoncé halftime show with a football game sandwiched around it next week
I didn't think I would get to include "Twitch thot" in my manuscript but here we are... misogyny in streaming isn't v. creative. You can swap "topless meta" or "hot tub meta" and achieve the same article today
www.polygon.com/2018/6/27/17...
www.polygon.com/2018/6/27/17...
Streamer Amouranth is latest example of ‘Twitch thot’ harassment problem
Amouranth says she’s suffered harassment, doxing threats
www.polygon.com
November 27, 2024 at 5:16 PM
I didn't think I would get to include "Twitch thot" in my manuscript but here we are... misogyny in streaming isn't v. creative. You can swap "topless meta" or "hot tub meta" and achieve the same article today
www.polygon.com/2018/6/27/17...
www.polygon.com/2018/6/27/17...
Almost 20 years of unsupervised internet culture straight to the dome and look at me now…
November 26, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Almost 20 years of unsupervised internet culture straight to the dome and look at me now…
@combatwombat1.bsky.social WELCOME BROTHER
November 23, 2024 at 10:18 PM
@combatwombat1.bsky.social WELCOME BROTHER
Yes!! Love when my friends publish amazing things, congrats on publication day, yall have been working on this for a while and it’s out in the world now!
my latest with @jessmaddox.bsky.social is out this morning in @femmediastudies.bsky.social! We propose influencer snark as a feminist media practice to address concerns of credibility, authenticity, and representation in the influencer industry.
please share!!!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XZSZD...
please share!!!
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November 19, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Yes!! Love when my friends publish amazing things, congrats on publication day, yall have been working on this for a while and it’s out in the world now!
safety.twitch.tv/s/article/An...
More inconsistent governance from twitch, by banning streamers from using Zionist as personal critique, while allowing streamers to critique the political movement & policies… destiny, Ethan Klein, asmongold organizing off platform complaint campaigns to censor all
More inconsistent governance from twitch, by banning streamers from using Zionist as personal critique, while allowing streamers to critique the political movement & policies… destiny, Ethan Klein, asmongold organizing off platform complaint campaigns to censor all
November 15, 2024 at 7:31 PM
safety.twitch.tv/s/article/An...
More inconsistent governance from twitch, by banning streamers from using Zionist as personal critique, while allowing streamers to critique the political movement & policies… destiny, Ethan Klein, asmongold organizing off platform complaint campaigns to censor all
More inconsistent governance from twitch, by banning streamers from using Zionist as personal critique, while allowing streamers to critique the political movement & policies… destiny, Ethan Klein, asmongold organizing off platform complaint campaigns to censor all
Starting so soon! Making some coffee now 🙌🏼
can't wait to be in conversation with @producing2power.bsky.social, @brookeerinduffy.bsky.social, and Michelle Beaver tomorrow!! we're gonna talk about all things creator studies. Link to register below ⤵️
Curious about the creator economy? Join us tomorrow for our first #CCSNChats event! Industry insight meets academic expertise in a virtual roundtable ❤️🔥
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Book your ticket HERE: www.eventbrite.com/e/ccsn-chats...
November 15, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Starting so soon! Making some coffee now 🙌🏼
First of many #ccsnchats is tomorrow! Live discussion at 9am pt/12pm et. www.eventbrite.com/e/ccsn-chats...
November 15, 2024 at 4:27 AM
First of many #ccsnchats is tomorrow! Live discussion at 9am pt/12pm et. www.eventbrite.com/e/ccsn-chats...