Digitality and Materiality of New Media: Online TV Watching in China

Wang, Q., Ding, X. , Lu, T. and Gu, N. (2012) Digitality and Materiality of New Media: Online TV Watching in China. In: SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '12), Austin, TX, USA, 05-10 May 2012, pp. 347-356. ISBN 9781450310154 (doi: 10.1145/2207676.2207724)

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Abstract

This paper examines issues of digitality and materiality of new media, grounded in a study of online TV watching in China. Particularly, by looking at how people make choices and decisions regarding TV watching in everyday life, we highlight material and digital properties of new media TV, and how they support and condition actions and interactions around them. The study illustrates that materiality and digitality are complementary, instead of one substituting the other, and are highly intertwined in the hybrid media environment around which meaningful experiences are conditioned and produced. It also suggests that an analytic distinction between materiality and digitality is fruitful in unpacking the complex relations between media technologies and social experiences.

Item Type:Conference Proceedings
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Ding, Dr Sharon
Authors: Wang, Q., Ding, X., Lu, T., and Gu, N.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
ISBN:9781450310154

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