Designing Second-Screening Experiences for Social Co-Selection and Critical Co-Viewing of Reality TV

Feltwell, Tom, Wood, Gavin, Rowland, Scarlett, Long, Kiel S, Elsden, Chris, Brooker, Phillip ORCID: 0000-0003-1189-4647, Vines, John, Briggs, Pamela, Barnett, Julie and Lawson, Shaun (2019) Designing Second-Screening Experiences for Social Co-Selection and Critical Co-Viewing of Reality TV. In: CHI '19: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

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Abstract

Public commentary related to reality TV can be overwhelmed by thoughtless reactions and negative sentiments, which often problematically reinforce the cultural stereotyping typically employed in such media. We describe the design and month-long evaluation of a mobile "second-screening" application, Screenr, which uses co-voting and live textual tagging to encourage more critical co-viewing in these contexts. Our findings highlight how Screenr supported interrogation of the production qualities and claims of shows, promoted critical discourse around the motivations of programmes, and engaged participants in reflecting on their own assumptions and views. We situate our results within the context of existing second-screening co-viewing work, discuss implications for such technologies to support critical engagement with socio-political media, and provide design implications for future digital technologies in this domain.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Unspecified)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Second-screening, critical viewing, reality TV, co-viewing, live viewing
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	04 Feb 2019 15:01
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 01:05
DOI:	10.1145/3290605.3300300
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3032110