I’m organizing a social TV workshop at UXTV 2008. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
- How can TV-mediated social scenarios augment TV watching?
- What can interactive TV learn from the social web?
- What are some of the challenges in developing and implementing social TV? How can they be addressed?
- How can social TV concepts move from the prototype stage to actual products in viewers’ homes?
- What are some of the privacy implications of social TV? How can those concerns be addressed?
- Who are the target users of social TV concepts?
- What is the future outlook of social TV?
The idea of social TV is still fairly new and I’ve yet to see a mainstream TV system take advantage of social networks (Netflix Friends/Community is probably the closest). I’m excited about the workshop and I think it will be pretty interesting. If you’ve been involved in a social TV project or are interested in the topic, please consider attending and submitting a position paper. Submissions are due September 15th.