the link between sport and media as a cultural and commercial relationship requires proper management for both industries. because of live broadcast and the possibility to view images, tv has a greatest impact on the link between media and sport. due to the exclusivity of tv in iran and its central role in active life of the public, it requires an investigation into ways that can place tv at th...

In popular music genres, typical songs are pre-composed and leave little or no space for improvisation during a live performance. That applies for the performing musicians as well as for the spectators in terms of interactive audience participation. In this study we question these improvisational limits and try to identify strategies for involving the audience as an additional and unpredictable...

Vaccine information of varying quality is available through many different sources. We describe the creation, release and utilization of ReadyVax, a new mobile smartphone app providing access to trustworthy, evidence-based vaccine information for a target audience of healthcare providers, pharmacists, and patients (including parents of children). We describe the information content and technica...

Audience participation in computer music has long been limited by resources such as sensor technology or the material goods necessary to share such an instrument. A recent paradigm is to take advantage of the incredible popularity of the smart-phone, a pocket sized computer, and other mobile devices, to provide the audience an interface into a computer music instrument. In this paper we discuss...

Recent literature has pointed to the way in which new media such as the internet and mobile phones have the capacity to enable more participatory and interactive communication, either through user-generated content or through a broader participation of audiences in mainstream media’s content production. This potential is celebrated even more in contexts in which there is deemed to be a lack of ...

In this article, I examine the practice of storytelling in a transplant support group, investigating how individuals’ participation in storytelling activities allowed them to coconstruct collective and individual identities. The sequential ordering and contexts of the storytelling activities in the support group meetings suggest that both the speakers and audience strategically negotiated the m...

Traditional TV provides only a very passive experience. Recent trends suggest that users would be interested in taking a more active role while watching TV. This demo paper presents the Interactive television (iTV) platform, which offers a solution in giving the TV-audience a chance of active participation. The iTV platform enriches TV with additional content and interactivity, making it more a...