Social interaction

Social interaction

1. Being social

   • Fundamental aspect of everyday
   • Social media
     • Changed the way we interact

2. Face-to-Face Conversations

   • Talking
     • Effortless
     • Comes naturally
     • Collaborative achievement
   • Dialog
     • Ask questions
     • Give replies
     • Make statements
   • End a conversation
     • Implicit cues
       • Example: look at the watch
     • Explicit cues
       • Example: "Well, I must be off now."
   • Coordination
     • Rules of conversation (Sacks et al, 1978)
       • 1. Current speaker chooses the next one
         • Asking a question
         • Inviting an opinion
         • Making a request
       • 2. Another person decides to start speaking
       • 3. Current speaker continues talking
       • Not always respected
         • Interruption
         • Talk over each other
         • Misunderstanding
   • Non-verbal communication
     • Facial expressions
     • Voice intonation
     • Gesturing

3. Remote conversations

   • Telephone
     • Alexander Graham Bell (19th century)
   • Interaction via technology
     • Videoconferecing
     • Texting
     • Chat groups
   • Social media
     • One-to-many broadcast conversation
       • Twitter
       • Facebook

4. Telepresence

   • Allows a person to feel they are present
   • Projection
     • Body movements
     • Actions
     • Voices

5. Co-presence

   • Shareable interfaces
     • More effective collaboration
   • Physical Coordination
     • Let others know about their progress
     • Example: The baton movement in an orchestra
   • Awareness
     • Know what is happening
     • Peripheral
       • Constant update of what is going on in the periphery of their vision
     • Situational
       • What is happening around to understand the effect of actions in future events

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