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Performing Identity in the Contemporary Gaming Sphere: A Multi‑Case Study of the Online Personas “Slayed230124,” “Ariataylor,” and “AlyxStarPound”

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| Theme | Core Contributions | Gaps Addressed | |-------|-------------------|----------------| | | Gillespie (2020) – “platform labor”; Rocamora (2021) – affective economies. | Limited focus on gaming‑specific performance rituals. | | Streamer‑Audience Reciprocity | Hamilton et al. (2014) – “interaction rituals”; Sjöblom & Hamari (2022) – co‑creation. | Need for case‑level analysis of branding strategies. | | Identity Construction in Gaming | Taylor (2018) – “player identity”; Kowert (2020) – “gendered avatars”. | Over‑reliance on survey data; paucity of netnographic depth. | | Monetization & Platform Governance | Cunningham & Craig (2023) – creator economy; Miller (2024) – policy impacts. | Scant empirical work on the micro‑economics of individual streams. |