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Flux vidéo et flux monétaire. La plateforme Twitch au prisme de l'argent

Nathan Ferret will be the guest for this semainr session. He will talk about the mechanisms of content monetisation on the Twitch platform, drawing the concept of ‘digital gift capitalism’.

Event, Research Seminar

salle Goguel, 56 rue des saint pères, 75007 Paris

Abstract

This seminar will analyse the mechanisms of content monetisation on the Twitch platform. It will focus in particular on the distribution and respective determinants of advertising revenue and donations received by streamers from their audience, with a view to identifying the specific features of an economic model based on live interaction and the spectacle of money. Live streaming, by closely intertwining media, relational and monetary dimensions, will thus emerge as a fully-fledged mechanism for value creation. The presentation will draw on the concept of ‘digital gift capitalism’ to analyse this renewed form of monetisation of emotions, interactions and social integration in the digital age.

Biography

Nathan Ferret is a lecturer in sociology at the École normale supérieure de Lyon and a researcher at the Max Weber Centre. Having completed a PhD on the Twitch platform in 2023, his research focuses on large language models and the digital mechanisms through which social dispositions are transformed and valued.

Practical informations

This seminar will be held in person and in French, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM, in Room Goguel, 56 rue des Saints-Pères, 75007 Paris.

Registration is mandatory via this link.