Social Interaction

Social Interaction

1. A fundamental aspect of everyday life is being social – interacting with each other

   • For this the use of social media has dramatically increased.

2. Conversational mechanisms enable people to coordinate their talk with one another, allowing them to know how to start and stop

   • By back channeling , body orientation, gaze and gesture
   • "Rules"
     • 1. The current speaker chooses the next speaker by asking a question, inviting an opinion, or making a request
     • 2. Another person decides to start speaking
     • 3. The current speaker continues talking

3. There are now many technologies and apps that are used worldwide for synchronous and asynchronous communciation, including videoconferencing, texting, and chat groups

   • Online chatting have evolved their own forms of expressions that compensate for the constraints of the medium, such as the frequent use of shorthand, abbreviations, emoticons
   • The speed of knowledge dissemination via can have an immediate impact

4. Telesprence

   • Designed to allow a person to feel as if they were present or to give the appearance that they were present in the other location
     • By projecting their body movements, actions, voice, and facial expressions

5. Co-presence

   • Enable co-located groups to collaborate more effectively when working, learning, and socializing
     • Physical coordination
       • People working together, talk to each other, issuing commands and letting others know how they are progressing
         • Much non-verbal communication is also used
           • Nods, shakes, winks, glances, and hand-raising
     • Awareness
       • Involves knowing who is around, what is happening, and who is talking with whom
         • Pheriferal
         • Situational
     • Shareable Interfaces
       • Provide more opportunities for flexible kinds of collaboration

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