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Measuring audience response on-line : an evaluation of the portable audience response facility (pARF)

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posted on 2009-01-01, 00:00 authored by C Stevens, Kim Vincs, E Schubert
If it is the case that artists and art explore organization of the brain (Zeki & Lamb, 1994), then the investigation of response to artistic performance holds promise as a window to perceptual and cognitive processes. The portable Audience Response Facility (pARF) is an instrument for recording real‐time audience response (Stevens et al. 2009). Twenty, handheld, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) collect responses on customizable skin interfaces. The pARF server transmits the customizable options, synchronizes devices and collects data for export. In this paper we report ratings of the usability of the pARF that were collected after 37 participants had used it to continuously rate engagement along a single dimension while a female dance artist gave two performances of a short solo contemporary dance work. The motion of the dancer was also captured as she performed the piece but only usability rating data are reported here. Ratings indicate that the cognitive load imposed by continuously rating engagement while watching a dance performance was manageable and the pARF was easy to use. An extended familiarization phase may further reduce dual task demand.

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Event

International Conference on Music Communication Science (2009 : Sydney, New South Wales)

Pagination

100 - 103

Publisher

ICoMCS

Location

Sydney, New South Wales

Place of publication

Sydney, N.S.W.

Start date

2009-12-03

End date

2009-12-04

ISBN-13

9781741082036

Language

eng

Publication classification

E1 Full written paper - refereed

Copyright notice

2009, ICoMCS

Title of proceedings

ICoMCS2 2009 : Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Music Communication Science

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