Table of contents
Interpersonal video communication as a site of human sociality1
The ‘interrogative gaze’: Making video calling and messaging ‘accountable’19
Skype appearances, multiple greetings and ‘coucou’: The sequential organization of video-mediated conversation openings51
Talking about things: Image-based topical talk and intimacy in video-mediated family communication87
Showing ‘digital’ objects in web-based video chats as a collaborative achievement119
The Skype paradox: Homelessness and selective intimacy in the use of communications technology147
Index175