Social Interactive Television

Television, since its invention, has been considered to be a social link between people. Continually enhanced by innovation, the next frontier for this technological phenomenon will focus on the actual natural capabilities of the medium. Social Interactive Television: Immersive Shared Experiences and Perspectives combines academic and industry research to provide the first publication of its kind to discuss the future emergence of experiences and services through interactive television. Concentrating on system and interaction design, as well as evaluation methods that focus on social experiences around interactive television, this book provides practitioners, academicians, researchers, and developers with the most relevant, current, and interesting findings on the topic.

Audience interaction with TV Effects of broadcasting Involving users in social TV development Mobility in social TV Online video as a social activity Sociability heuristics Social interactive television systems Synchronized sharing of video Television content enrichment and sharing User cooperation in peer-to-peer television