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Skyping the Family: Interpersonal video communication and domestic lifeEdited by Richard Harper, Rod Watson and Christian Licoppe
[Benjamins Current Topics 103] 2019
► pp. 87–117
Edited by Richard Harper, Rod Watson and Christian Licoppe
[Benjamins Current Topics 103] 2019
► pp. 87–117
Talking about things
Image-based topical talk and intimacy in video-mediated family communication
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Background: Topical talk
- 3.Showings as visual turn taking in storytelling between relatives
- 3.1Showing an environment
- 3.2Showing one’s clothing
- 3.3Summary
- 4.Noticings as intimacy achieving practices
- 4.1Noticings about physical appearance
- 4.2Focusing conversation on children’s activities through noticings
- 4.3Summary
- 5.Conclusion
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Notes -
References -
Appendix
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