Overview
Got a PC or a smartphone? Media-sharing sites will let you stream live and interactively. It could be called "self-casting" and it's a whole world of its own. In a single day, via a single site, 100,000 people might be streaming in this way. What motivates people to participate in this form of social media? We go to an annual convention of these live-streamers near Tokyo, and then profile a number of "hosts" we encounter there. They're connecting via such sites with large and small circles of "friends" they might never actually see, let alone meet. It's a new kind of society.
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2 - 1Night Clinic: An ER of Last Resort April 15, 2014 -
2 - 2The Live-streamers: Interactive Webcasting April 22, 2014 -
2 - 3The "Rain, then Fine" Coin Laundry May 06, 2014
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2 - 4Climbing Mt. Fuji May 13, 2014
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2 - 6Yanaka Cemetery: Dialogs between Death and Life June 03, 2014 -
2 - 7Personal Glimpses at a 24-Hour Gym June 10, 2014 -
2 - 8Printing Handheld Memories June 17, 2014
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2 - 9The Game Center, and the Prize beyond the Prize July 01, 2014 -
2 - 10The Makeup Room July 08, 2014
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2 - 11The Voyage of Life on a Giant Ferry July 15, 2014
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2 - 12One Tower, Many Lives July 22, 2014 -
2 - 13The Call of the Dunes August 05, 2014 -
2 - 14A 24/7 Discount Store August 12, 2014
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2 - 15A Giant Travel Agency: Destinations and Detours August 19, 2014 -
2 - 16Night Train to Izumo: Destination - Destiny September 02, 2014 -
2 - 17The Post Office that Never Sleeps September 09, 2014 -
2 - 18Youth "HelloWork" - A Job Agency September 16, 2014
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2 - 19An All-night Eatery September 23, 2014 -
2 - 20A Giant Bookstore: Wandering in a World of Words October 07, 2014 -
2 - 21Self Storage: Secrets and Memories October 14, 2014 -
2 - 22Mt. Osore: Between Life and Death October 21, 2014 -
2 - 23Wrestlers on the Road November 04, 2014 -
2 - 24The 24-Hour Supermarket: Just Another Day November 11, 2014 -
2 - 25At a Gas Station in a Downpour November 18, 2014 -
2 - 26A 260-person "Sharehouse" December 02, 2014 -
2 - 27A 24/7 Animal Hospital: When a Pet Needs a Vet December 09, 2014 -
2 - 28At a Train Station in Fukushima December 16, 2014