Lifestreaming is continuous self-sharing to an invisible networked audience
Evidence
Lifestreaming is the ongoing sharing of personal information to a networked audience, the creation of a digital portrait of one’s actions and thoughts. People who lifestream use software like Twitter, Facebook, and Foursquare to track information about themselves and make it available to others. By networked audience, I mean the real and potential audience for digital content, made up of people who are connected both to the user and each other. Lifestreaming is the “always-on” aspect of social media, the constant pings and alerts that make smartphones so hard to ignore. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 538
Categorization
- DEFINE: Canonical definition of ‘lifestreaming’ and ‘networked audience’ for the field; foundational vocabulary every reader needs.
- XREF: connects to: Lifestreaming audiences differ from networked publics by spanning multiple sites — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 551; Lifestreaming simultaneously creates ambient co-presence and audience-driven drama — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 553; Lifestreaming is a crafted self-presentation rather than transparent self-disclosure — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 638 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Lifestreaming audiences differ from networked publics by spanning multiple sites
#expands(0.85) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 551 - Lifestreaming without an audience is merely tracking, not sharing.
#qualifies(0.85) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 548 - Lifestreaming simultaneously creates ambient co-presence and audience-driven drama
#expands(0.80) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 553 - Lifestreaming is a crafted self-presentation rather than transparent self-disclosure
#qualifies(0.80) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 638 - Lifestreaming is distinguished from personal diaries by networked public readability
#expands(0.78) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 545