I don't think this captures most peoples' intuitive notion of consciousness at all. Most people think of it as their directly perceived experience.
For what it's worth, I actually do think that a collection of people (such as the United States) has directly perceived experiences. That's something that would be quite difficult to prove, and I believe those experiences would be very different from ours. Similarly, I think the directly perceived experiences of a housefly or an amoeba would be very different from my own as well.
Appreciate your clarification in the second paragraph.