Title
Sensing a live audience
Abstract
Psychophysiological measurement has the potential to play an important role in audience research. Currently, such research is still in its infancy and it usually involves collecting data in the laboratory, where during each experimental session one individual watches a video recording of a performance. We extend the experimental paradigm by simultaneously measuring Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) of a group of participants during a live performance. GSR data were synchronized with video footage of performers and audience. In conjunction with questionnaire data, this enabled us to identify a strongly correlated main group of participants, describe the nature of their theatre experience and map out a minute-by-minute unfolding of the performance in terms of psycho-physiological engagement. The benefits of our approach are twofold. It provides a robust and accurate mechanism for assessing a performance. Moreover, our infrastructure can enable, in the future, real-time feedback from remote audiences for online performances.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1145/2556288.2557154
CHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
live audience,gsr data,video footage,online performance,main group,questionnaire data,live performance,experimental session,experimental paradigm,audience research,remote audience,galvanic skin response
Video recording,Questionnaire data,Computer science,Drama,Human–computer interaction,Multimedia,Skin conductance
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
18
0.90
2
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Chen Wang114146.56
Erik N. Geelhoed2283.29
Phil P. Stenton3180.90
Pablo Cesar485789.95