Television meets Facebook : social networking through consumer electronics

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Baca Del Rosario, Mariana Cristina
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Social networking through consumer electronics
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Program in Media Arts and Sciences.
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Henry Holtzman.
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Abstract
This thesis explores how the merging of ubiquitous consumer electronics and the sociable web improve the user experience of these devices, increase the functionality of both, and help distribute content in a more sociable way. The project will consist of one well fleshed out principal application: a digital video recorder (manufactured by Motorola, running OCAP) connected to the Facebook social network. By connecting these two technologies, the user can now automatically watch the shows her friends like and are willing to report to the social network; in return, the user transmits her viewing data back to the social network.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2008.
 
Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-95).
 
Date issued
2008
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/46578
Department
Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Architecture. Program in Media Arts and Sciences.
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