11-19-2008, 05:27 AM
As I look at the various demographics and their habits in my own little microcosm of the world I have to ask is the Y generation more participatory.
There was a blog entry here http://www.convergenceculture.org/weblog...y.php#more that talks about the collective reenactment of "War of the Worlds" on twitter. Apparently it's more entertaining, at least for some, to participate in reenacting a seventy year old story 140 characters at a time, then it is to passively watch television. I've seen it in the soap realm also, remember the Robert and Holly blogs someone created, there are mvids, fanfiction and fan sites. At one point I think there was even a Robin and Patrick SIMS. We are not longer content to just sit and watch. We want to do and create. At the moment TV allows us to do that but it is external to the television experience.
Tiara posted an article about a new NBC dance show. http://www.tristanrogers.com/forums/show...3#pid12843 The dance shows that have succeeded have a participatory element, DWTS, SYTYCD and even American Idol. Are these shows popular because of their content or because they give the viewer something to do and a way to be part of the experience?
Is television fading because the Y generation got the message?
"Just Do It!"
Potassium
There was a blog entry here http://www.convergenceculture.org/weblog...y.php#more that talks about the collective reenactment of "War of the Worlds" on twitter. Apparently it's more entertaining, at least for some, to participate in reenacting a seventy year old story 140 characters at a time, then it is to passively watch television. I've seen it in the soap realm also, remember the Robert and Holly blogs someone created, there are mvids, fanfiction and fan sites. At one point I think there was even a Robin and Patrick SIMS. We are not longer content to just sit and watch. We want to do and create. At the moment TV allows us to do that but it is external to the television experience.
Tiara posted an article about a new NBC dance show. http://www.tristanrogers.com/forums/show...3#pid12843 The dance shows that have succeeded have a participatory element, DWTS, SYTYCD and even American Idol. Are these shows popular because of their content or because they give the viewer something to do and a way to be part of the experience?
Is television fading because the Y generation got the message?
"Just Do It!"
Potassium