Rhythms and plasticity: television temporality at home
Venue
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing (2010)
Publication Year
2010
Authors
Lilly Irani, Robin Jeffries, Andrea Knight
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Abstract
Digital technologies have enabled new temporalities of media consumption in the
home. Through a field study of home television viewing practices, we investigated
temporal orderings of television watching. In contrast to traditional pictures of
television use, our evidence suggests that rhythms across households play an
important role in shaping television watching. Further, we found a flexibility and
openness within the patterns of television viewing that we refer to as
“plasticity.” Our data suggest that plasticity and rhythms co-exist and together
compose the qualitative experience of domestic television time; an understanding of
both aspects of temporality suggests an approach for the design of future
television technologies.
