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Co-viewing live TV with digital backchannel streams

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Duncan Rowland,

Shaun LawsonAuthors Info & Claims

EuroITV '11: Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Interactive TV and Video

Pages 141 - 144

https://doi.org/10.1145/2000119.2000147

Published: 29 June 2011 Publication History

Abstract

Social media services and microblogging applications, such as 'Twitter', are changing the way in which many people consume traditional broadcast media. Real-time backchannel conversations are now common-place as audiences simultaneously watch TV whilst using social media to broadcast their own thoughts, sentiments, opinions and emotions related to what they are watching. This individual behaviour, when aggregated, results in a new social experience comprising of mass, real-time, co-consumption of TV services. This paper describes a study which aims to understand user behaviour in this emerging area and provides some preliminary analysis of viewers' Twitter postings during the UK TV shows, The X Factor and Question Time. Our findings show that the postings expose audience engagement with TV shows and support the assertion of Twitter's growing confluence with broadcast media.

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EuroITV '11: Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Interactive TV and Video

June 2011

266 pages

ISBN:9781450306027

DOI:10.1145/2000119

General Chairs:
Manuel Jos� Dam�sio
Universidade Lus�fona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
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Gustavo Cardoso
Lisbon Internet and Networks Institute, Portugal
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Program Chairs:
C�lia Quico
Universidade Lus�fona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
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David Geerts
CUO, IBBT / K.U. Leuven, Belgium

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