You can tell that a technology or new media innovation is mainstream when major academic institutions start running practical, hands-on courses about it.
In other words, the teaching staff expect there will be opportunities for their students in the area once they graduate.
That’s the point social TV has reached, as MIT launches a course on Social TV: Creating New Connected Media Experiences.
In this course we will examine television distribution asking the question "how is digital technology changing they way television fits into society." The course will take a systemic look at the various ways television is currently distributed with a particular emphasis on emerging technologies that place television in a social context. The classwork for the course will be team and project focused, culminating in each team developing a prototype of a new social TV application. We will explore the multiple facets of the social TV experience from video technology fundamentals and challenges, to user interfaces, content consumption and business cases.
And in their Twitter feed today, they’re linking to Futurescape’s WeVision model of how social TV shows engage their audiences.
Futurescape is available for social TV and digital media strategy, research, creative consultancy and production assignments. Please e-mail colin@futurescape.tv or ozlem@futurescape.tv
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