Audience and Expert Perspectives on Second Screen Engagement with Political Debates

TY - GEN

T1 - Audience and Expert Perspectives on Second Screen Engagement with Political Debates

AU - Gorkovenko, Katerina

AU - Taylor, Nick

PY - 2019/6/4

Y1 - 2019/6/4

N2 - Televised debates remain a key point in elections, during which there are vast amounts of online activity, much of it conducted through personal devices or second screens. Amidst growing recognition of the influence of online political discourse, we explore the issues and opportunities arising at this specific point in election cycles, using a design-led multi-stakeholder approach to understand both the audience and expert perspectives. Workshops with debate viewers highlighted six key issues and possible solutions, which were encapsulated in four speculative design concepts. These were used to prompt further discussion with political and media experts, who were able to identify the implications and challenges of addressing the opportunities identified by the participants. Together, these perspectives allow us to unravel some of the complexities of designing for this multifaceted problem.

AB - Televised debates remain a key point in elections, during which there are vast amounts of online activity, much of it conducted through personal devices or second screens. Amidst growing recognition of the influence of online political discourse, we explore the issues and opportunities arising at this specific point in election cycles, using a design-led multi-stakeholder approach to understand both the audience and expert perspectives. Workshops with debate viewers highlighted six key issues and possible solutions, which were encapsulated in four speculative design concepts. These were used to prompt further discussion with political and media experts, who were able to identify the implications and challenges of addressing the opportunities identified by the participants. Together, these perspectives allow us to unravel some of the complexities of designing for this multifaceted problem.

KW - Debate

KW - Design research

KW - Facebook

KW - Politics

KW - Second screens

KW - Social media

KW - Speculative design

KW - Television

KW - Twitter

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85068003514

U2 - 10.1145/3317697.3323352

DO - 10.1145/3317697.3323352

M3 - Conference contribution

T3 - TVX 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video

SP - 70

EP - 82

BT - TVX 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video

PB - Association for Computing Machinery

CY - New York

T2 - TVX 2019

Y2 - 4 June 2019 through 7 June 2019

ER -