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
>
>
>
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