Poster/Essay Idea/s

(Sorry I probably waffle on quite a bit but just trying to get all my thoughts and ideas down in one go)

NETV

INTRO: The potato couch has now become the potato swivel-chair. If you thought the world already watched too much television then think again……

STATEMENT:
Internet is the Future of Television

WHAT:
Internet is becoming the future of television

HOW:
The world of internet already offers you games, blogs, banking, research, dictionaries, forums, communities, sell and buy, the list goes on so why not add television, it allows users to possibly achieve more than one task all from the same seat and computer; user friendly and easy. Television is purely jumping on the multimedia bandwagon.

WHY:
Internet is the future of television because it fulfills more of the user’s needs and wants. They can watch it when they please, often where they please, there is often no ads, they can be fast forward, rewind, paused, stopped at any time, they can be watched repeatedly, stored for future watching. Not only all of this but the internet has a broader range of new visuals for users to explore and watch, they can add their own creations to the world of viewing. The TV seems one dimensional in comparison.

WHO/WHERE/WHEN:
The internet is the world wide web, it can be used by anyone with access to a computer, major companies like Google and abs were first to begin the online TV “craze” in 2007. Television through the net can be watched from any location with a computer at any time and more so there are sites where you can access channels from all around the world.

INTIMACY THROUGH DESIGN
Television is one of the main sources of entertainment for an individual (will justify). For that reason alone it is an intimate product. Not the physical properties but mental, spiritual and emotional. Characters play on that emotion and we often can’t help but feel connections to these “people” becoming a form of drug or addiction that we continue to want and need to watch. That is how producers design television, so that we will keep watching. Now they have added our intimacy with our televisions to our intimacy with the internet, combing two major sources of entertainment and designing it so than it meets our every need and fulfillment allowing us to watch our favourite characters and programmes anytime and any place.

DESIGN THEORIES:
Interaction; two participants the user and the internet/web. The net aims in helping the user achieve their aim/task, to find and then provide television, movies, and forms of visual medium for entertainment at a time and place that suits the user.
Ludology; it also touches on ludology, where the user can repeat the above action and store/save it and continue to do so at the users wish. When using the net for television they are not just purely switching channels but are “playing” they are searching the web for best quality, speed and the right programme viewing, exploring and stepping into a temporary new but not unfamiliar place in the users daily life. Net also allows the ability to share and communicate online through these visual mediums.

Tania Hockings