Virtanen2023
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| BibType | INCOLLECTION |
| Key | Virtanen2023 |
| Author(s) | Mikko T. Virtanen, Jarkko Niemi |
| Title | Thanking and positive assessments in video-mediated workshops: managing creativity exercises remotely |
| Editor(s) | Aino Koivisto, Heidi Vepsäläinen, Mikko T. Virtanen |
| Tag(s) | EMCA, assessment, thanking, Finnish |
| Publisher | Finnish Literature Society |
| Year | 2023 |
| Language | English |
| City | Helsinki |
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| Pages | 208–236 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.21435/sflin.22 |
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| Book title | Conversation Analytic Perspectives to Digital Interaction: Practices, Resources, and Affordances |
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Abstract
This chapter investigates the use of positive assessments and expressions of thanks in video-mediated workshops, and the way and extent to which the technological context is made relevant in the accomplishment of these actions. Specifically, we focus on how the co-located workshop hosts respond to the remote attendees’ exercise performances and other activities by utilising different forms of assessment and thanking. We explore the design and sequential position of these actions and their contribution to the management of interactional space in mediated settings. The main data consist of screen-view video recordings of two art-based workshops held for employees working in a Finnish kindergarten. The workshops were hosted via Microsoft Teams video-conferencing system, complemented by a whiteboard application accessed via tablet computers. Our findings indicate that the practices of thanking and assessing are not shaped only by the sequential environment or the situated roles of the participants but, crucially, also by the fractured ecology of the technology-mediated setting. Overall, this chapter furthers the understanding of the ways in which mediation technologies can transform the practices of institutional interaction.
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