What is Interactivity?

Understanding what is meant by Interactivity is key to understanding transmedia story telling. Without interactivity the new media revolution and digitalization of media would mean no more that consumer receiving better quality pictures!,

For the meaning of interactivity Carolyn Handler Miller in her book Digital Story Telling " A creator's Guide to Interactive Entertainment" invites use to explore the meaning of the word interactive . She suggests that we consider the 2 parts to the word - inter, a prefix which means between - or a two way exchange and active which means doing something being involved! " when dealing with the narrative context Carolyn Handler Miller suggests that it describes a relationship where audience and material respond to each other.

Within an interactive narrative the audience becomes a participant in the action. In some way or other the audience directly impact the way that the story unfolds. This is the element of interactivity that I want to inject into my narrative the SEER.

One way forward is by way of conversation between the user and content, a concept articulated by Greg Roach. Is this the way forward for the SEER?