Olbertz-Siitonen2021
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Olbertz-Siitonen2021 |
| Author(s) | Margarethe Olbertz-Siitonen, Arja Piirainen-Marsh |
| Title | Coordinating action in technology-supported shared tasks: Virtual pointing as a situated practice for mobilizing a response |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Virtual pointing, Mobilizing response, Joint decision-making, Technology-mediated interaction, Remote work meetings, Conversation analysis |
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| Year | 2021 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Language & Communication |
| Volume | 79 |
| Number | July 2021 |
| Pages | 1-21 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.langcom.2021.03.005 |
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Abstract
Drawing on recordings of remote screen-based work meetings in Finland, this conversation analytic study investigates interactive properties of mouse cursor movements in technology-mediated shared tasks. The article illustrates how participants rely on features afforded by the input device in ways that divert from its pre-designed functions to accomplish virtual pointing gestures. These gestures serve as an organizational resource in the precursory phase of action, i.e. when a next on-screen action is observably made relevant. In this sequential environment, pointing by means of the tool is a collaborative resource: an embodied practice for sustaining co-orientation and advancing the sequential progression of the activity. Pointing that co-occurs with first actions such as questions works towards mobilizing a response by projecting relevant nexts and displays the chair's orientation to the respective rights and obligations of the participants.
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