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The Legal Liabilities of Twitch, Amazon’s Livestreaming Subsidiary
Get PDFAmazon’s Twitch is the leader of the video game streaming market, controlling 76% of this market in the Americas and Europe. The video gaming market is rapidly expanding, exceeding its entertainment counterparts, including music and film, by wide margins in profits; experts valued the global gaming market at 401.32 billion by 2027. Amazon paid $1 billion to acquire Twitch in 2014 in a business move to capture the views of the gaming audience; on Twitch, popular streamers broadcast themselves playing video games to thousands of devoted fans. Based on recent controversies that have made the news, Twitch’s updated streamer contracts as of 2022 and its nature as a livestreaming platform cause complications with its Terms of Service, revenue split, and protection of both streamers and viewers, resulting in legal ramifications. This paper seeks to identify streamers’ key complaints about their updated contracts and compare their offers from other streaming sites to understand what prompts streamer migration from a content creator standpoint. Additionally, this article explores how Twitch can modify its streaming contracts through changes in payment terms, safety regulations, and website usage arrangement to better appeal to both content creators and their audiences. Through examination of the Twitch streamer contract and Terms of Service agreement, this paper will recognize potential weaknesses in the protection of streamers’ rights and profits that can lead to future lawsuits or legal trouble if not addressed
African Union’s Youth Education Challenge: A Critical Review of Agenda 2063
Get PDFIt is no easy feat for the African Union to mobilize 55 countries of various political, tribal, and economic demographics, yet the problem remains that nearly 34 million children are out of school, and the continent is not graduating the secondary students needed for the 1.25-billion-member workforce expected by 2050 (ISS Africa, 2017). The paper aims to assess African Union strategies and make recommendations for member countries to utilize to solve educational challenges facing the continent’s growing population and market. We assess the educational challenge and contributing factors followed by suggesting four strategic directions, grounded in Agenda 2063, that the African Union should follow. We believe that the African Union and its partners can create accountability through incremental implementation of its education by piloting programs that aim to improve accessibility and quality learning using technology
The Pepperdine Beacon, Volume I
Get PDFExplore the Pepperdine Beacon\u27s inaugural print edition that features the following articles:
President Jim Gash Speaks on Mission, Values, and Core Issues for Pepperdine by Caden Benedict
Being a Beacon of Faith to College Students by Katie Mihalcuka
An Israeli Student’s Journey of Resilience and Support at Pepperdine by Neta Sade
Distinguished Public Servant Richard Haass Discusses The Obligations of Citizens by Connor Merk and Noah Shifter
Chris Pratt Revisits American Patriotism on 9/11 by Abigail Choe
You Don’t Have to Be an Ideologue by Dr. Ted V. McAllister
Academic Freedom and the Politicized Classroom by Dr. Ron Highfield
A Conversation with Peggy Grande, Author and Former Executive Assistant to Ronald Reagan by Caden Benedict
What I Remember From East Germany Under Communism by Sonserae Leesehttps://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/pepperdine-beacon/1000/thumbnail.jp
Principal agency 50 years after the Lau decision: Building and sustaining bilingual education programs for Asian languages
Get PDFThis study examined how three champion principals of Asian language dual language bilingual education (DLBE) programs—Cantonese, Korean, and Mandarin—in California have navigated the oscillating language-in-education policies after the Lau decision. We explored principals\u27 various roles through a lens of agency in a social justice leadership framework, specifically considering the opportunities and challenges for agentive leadership from three different phases: foregrounding and engaging, planning and implementing, and evaluating and sustaining. Findings demonstrate that the success of DLBE programs goes beyond the overarching language policies that supposedly enable bilingual education; rather it hinges on the bottom-up commitment, collaboration and resilience of principals, teachers, and parent communities. The blanket policies at the state level often overlooked Asian languages and the unique needs of Asian teachers and communities in DLBE schools, limiting principal agency. Within these confines, principals consistently engaged in advocacy work, such as in teacher recruitment, hiring and work distribution, and curriculum design and assessment, contributing to the growth and sustainability of their programs. By elevating these champions and their experiences and perspectives, this study reflects upon the politicized path to bilingual education 50 years after the Lau case and contributes valuable insights to inform future implementational research, practice, and policy, ensuring the continued flourishing of Asian language bilingual education for the growing constituency of Asian-identifying students
Policy, Practice, and Perceptions of K-12 Social-Emotional Learning
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of K-12 school staff who participate in social-emotional learning (SEL). Since the global pandemic, several school districts have included SEL as part of the school curriculum. Teachers, counselors, social workers, school psychologists, and school administrators participate in SEL instruction and/or practices. Classroom teachers instruct students in SEL instruction and other school staff practice the SEL components of self-awareness, self-management, decision-making, social awareness, and relationship skills through their daily interactions with students. This study was conducted in various schools throughout the Los Angeles area using open-ended interview questions that utilized focus groups and individual interviews according to their school positions. The schools were invited to participate in purposeful sampling. The participants were invited and selected to include the diversity of student population, size, location, and SEL programs. Interview questions examined the participants’ perceptions of the SEL program, practices, and school policy. Data collection involved note-taking and/or voice recordings
Lost in ideology : interpreting modern political life
No full textLost in Ideology maps the ideological terrain of the past 200 years and asks whether the current disorientation engulfing the world\u27s liberal democracies is in no small part ideological in origin.https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/facultybooks/1075/thumbnail.jp
The Procrastination Playbook for Adults with ADHD
No full textProcrastination and ADHD go hand in hand so how do you start working towards a more focused mindset?Risa Williams has been where you are and is now ready to share invaluable tools and strategies she has learned along the way to help you catch those sneaky forms of procrastination before they catch you!This interactive playbook allows you to work through and find the best ways for you to limit your procrastination time, learn about macro and micro procrastinations and supplies interactive worksheets and personalised tools to help you target the specific forms of procrastination that affect you the most. This book can help normalize procrastination, and teach you how to catch your own procrastination cues, so that you can find your way back on track again. Risa also offers vital advice on how to curb the negative feelings like guilt and shame you might feel around procrastination using self-talk and self-protection activities