The transformation of television over the past century has been a noteworthy for researchers, broadcast companies, advertisers and viewers to watch. Watching television is an ingrained routine such as household activities like cleaning or cooking No longer known as a ‘box’ that families would surround to watch a program, it has cultivated new forms of interactions, viewer engagement, and technologies. Social television “refers to real time communication and interactivity involving shows on television or online TV and other content displayed on televisions” (Walker, 2013). The demand of intricate networks demonstrates the need for audiences to be involved in the forefront of co producing television ( SROUCE). Social networks such as Twitter
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Introduced in the 1950’s, it was a commodity that brought families together creating a ‘ middle-class suburbia ideal’ (source). According to SOURCE, past studies have explored the social aspects of television and define the medium as a “technical construct- a machine that facilitates interactivity’ (SORUCE). Wohn and Na ( 2011) view television as a ‘cultural form’ that motivates viewers to gather and confer various topics The communal aspect of television engaged and entertained families since post World War II (SROUCE) . With the popularity for television watching and the status of owning a set. The number of televisions sets in American homes, families that had three or more was 11 percent in 1975 fast forwards to 2009 where the number has increased to 46 percent ( Wohn & Na 2011). This traditional concept of TV viewing has shifted since that gold era of suburban domestic bliss to social media interaction with various television programming. Wohn and Na (2011) describe the evolution of TV over the past few decades has been astonishing, from the conceptualization of the traditional TV set families routinely to watching television on mobile devices through internet
Introduced in the 1950’s, it was a commodity that brought families together creating a ‘ middle-class suburbia ideal’ (source). According to SOURCE, past studies have explored the social aspects of television and define the medium as a “technical construct- a machine that facilitates interactivity’ (SORUCE). Wohn and Na ( 2011) view television as a ‘cultural form’ that motivates viewers to gather and confer various topics The communal aspect of television engaged and entertained families since post World War II (SROUCE) . With the popularity for television watching and the status of owning a set. The number of televisions sets in American homes, families that had three or more was 11 percent in 1975 fast forwards to 2009 where the number has increased to 46 percent ( Wohn & Na 2011). This traditional concept of TV viewing has shifted since that gold era of suburban domestic bliss to social media interaction with various television programming. Wohn and Na (2011) describe the evolution of TV over the past few decades has been astonishing, from the conceptualization of the traditional TV set families routinely to watching television on mobile devices through internet