ArminenLicoppeSpagnolli2016
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | ArminenLicoppeSpagnolli2016 |
| Author(s) | Ilkka Arminen, Christian Licoppe, Anna Spagnolli |
| Title | Respecifying mediated interaction |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, mediated interaction, Mobile phone, Video calling, Telephone, Technologized interaction, Technology |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Research on Language and Social Interaction |
| Volume | 49 |
| Number | 4 |
| Pages | 290–309 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1080/08351813.2016.1234614 |
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Abstract
In this introduction to the special issue on “Orders of Interaction in Mediated Settings,” we explore the fundamentals of an ethnomethodological/conversation analytical perspective on mediated social interaction. We take an exchange to qualify as “mediated” when the people involved orient to the affordances that the mediating channel (phone, e-mail, videolink, and so on) offers. After specifying what we mean by this sense of mediation, and comparing it to others, we offer an overview of recent developments in the study of mediated practices. We argue that the trajectory is, and should be, away from the “deficiency” perspective previously common in the literature, and we suggest some guidelines to avoid commonsensical pitfalls in studying mediated settings.
It was not so long ago that communication technologies such as e-mails, social media, and teleconferences seemed like specialized, even marginal resources. They have now become part of the communication repertoire of most people in many—if not all—societies, regardless of income or status. That has given rise to the notion of what is generally referred to as “mediated” interaction—namely, interaction between people taking place with the help of information and communication technologies. This article is about what that “mediation” means, how people have studied it, and how that study might develop in the future.
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