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Extended liveness and eventfulness in multi-platform reality formats

University of Oslo, Norway, espen.ytreberg{at}media.uio.no

The international success of formats such as Pop Idol and Big Brother owes much to the ways in which they combine a number of broadcast and digital platforms under the aegis of a common 'brand'. The article argues that the media industry strategists behind such formats have come to rely on extending existing broadcast conventions of liveness and eventfulness by means of audience participation via digital return channels. It argues that such participation invites a sense of presence, heightened immediacy and involvement in the live event. The article emphasizes how such features are being developed by the broadcast media industry to exploit audience participation for the purposes of revenue, competitive edge and strategic expansion.

Key Words: event • flow • liveness • mobile phone • navigation • television • text message • web

New Media & Society, Vol. 11, No. 4, 467-485 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1461444809102955


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