Engaging with the Audience, Considering Engaged Journalism: an Analysis of the Twitch live-streaming of the 2022 French Presidential TV Debate
Résumé
This research analyses the modalities of audience participation on Twitch, a platform that allows journalists to interact with viewers during streams. To measure audience participation, a major political event that is likely to divide viewers' opinions was chosen, namely the televised debate between the two French presidential candidates
during the recent elections. Three different Twitch channels streamed and commented live on this debate. How do these three streamers manage to connect with young audiences at a time when they are generally uninterested in current news? And how can Twitch be an interesting new place to renew the dialogue between
journalists and citizens?