[ACM Press Proceeding of the 1st international conference - Silicon Valley, California, USA (2008.10.22-2008.10.24)] Proceeding of the 1st international conference on Designing interactive user experiences for TV and video - uxtv '08 - Social tv

✍ Scribed by Mantzari, Evangelia; Lekakos, George; Vrechopoulos, Adam

• Book ID: 124085149
• Publisher: ACM Press
• Year: 2008
• Weight: 178 KB
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 1605581003
• DOI: 10.1145/1453805.1453823

✦ Synopsis

In this paper, we describe the conditions and the issues raised by the development of Social TV and its systems that support communication and virtual socialization among viewers. Some initial indications are provided regarding the establishment of virtual communities in the TV setting and their potential for the participants. Finally, we briefly discuss the future implications of the development of Social TV as a platform for virtual socialization.