Hello, there is a word for actor and audience in the social media realm: prosumer! And hey if at all this is postdramatic theatre. Followers equals audience? I don't think so.
Cheers KH 2015-03-04 0:05 GMT+01:00 isabel brison <[email protected]>: > Hello, > > I can't really agree: > > > When we sit in the theater, we are essentially a receiver of information >> that is passed from the stage to the audience. But in the world of social >> media, we are all actors on the stage: the fourth wall is erased, the >> proscenium dissolves, there are no lights to turn down, the suspension of >> disbelief is revised, as information (or lines) are passed not just from >> the one to many, but from everyone to everyone. >> > > Most of us are audience most of the time, as actors need audience to be > actors. And what's the difference between a screen and a stage? except that > on a screen it is not always considered bad manners to join in the act. > And some of us deliberately choose to be audience, others act > occasionally, some act as a hobby and others professionally ( though I'm > not sure that acting is a good analogy at all for social interaction - > there should be a word for actor and audience all in one, and possibly for > combinations of different amounts of one and the other). > > > >> how do we insert ourselves into this story, not as receivers, but as >> players of equal measure, >> > > Tweet! Retweet! Respond! - Seriously, that account only has 14 followers. > How can it act at all in the absence of audience? Is it a bad actor? If > we're all actors then how many of us are bad actors and should consider a > change of carreer? > > Oh and a funny thing: I followed the link above and it gave me an error. > It's really @The_People_Came <https://twitter.com/The_People_Came>. Was > that on purpose I wonder? > > Cheers > > Isabel - semi-professional lurker > > > > -- > http://isabelbrison.com > > http://tellthemachines.com > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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