A summary of the journal article by Hardy et al. (2011) 'Reservoir Hill and Audiences for Online Interactive Drama' in Particpations, 8 (2), pp.616-643.

1. http://www.participations.org/Volume%208/Issue%202/4c%20Hardy%20et%20al.pdf

2. Reservoir Hill – Online Interactive Drama on the Leading Edge?

3. Reservoir Hill – Online Interactive Drama on the Leading Edge?

4. Reservoir Hill trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHIttfYFjpY

8. http://youtu.be/oLOL-li4PPg?t=21s http://youtu.be/a2imw7GYxmI?t=26s The character ‘Beth’ responds to users’ text messages in her video blogs

9. http://youtu.be/oLOL-li4PPg?t=21s http://youtu.be/a2imw7GYxmI?t=26s The character ‘Beth’ responds to users’ text messages in her video blogs – in a fake way?

13. Audience Engagements: the Pleasures and Pitfalls of Interactive Narratives feeling of being included and empowered to change or influence the show enhanced involvement heightened sense of realism enhanced personal connection to characters and other viewers

19. ‘ In the case of Reservoir Hill , a potential area of concern related to the preservation of the narrative premise that Beth was a real individual, which relied on users playing along in the co-construction of a fictional reality’ (p.640) This was very much self-policed by the online participants who decided what was appropriate and inappropriate and discouraged those who undermined the pretence Another issue for the producers was trying to control the narrative development when users were sharing information on the characters’ Facebook walls that they hadn’t witnessed