Social Media and the Concert Hall

"You can't help but wonder what sort of productions we'll begin seeing as more and more performance venues, theater companies, symphony orchestras, and the like begin experimenting with 'tweet seats,' sections reserved for audience members who just can't tear themselves away from their Twitter feeds.

"As USA Today reported recently, though storied venues such as the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall still ask patrons to shut off their cell phones during shows, a growing number of performance spaces/companies are succumbing to the social-networking and smartphone crowd. They're providing special seating so patrons can send and receive tweets without their wiggling thumbs and glowing touch screens disturbing fellow event-goers."

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