Chapter 7
Familial bonding
The establishment of co-presence in
webcam-mediated interactions
In this chapter, I discuss
how the sense of familial bonding emerges in
webcam-mediated interactions between Japanese
families in Japan and the United
States. I argue that a close relationship between
participants who rarely meet in person is an
interactional achievement. My analytical foci are
twofold. First, I analyze how participants repeat
each other’s utterances and bodily movements such
as hand gestures and facial expressions. Through
what I call ‘mediated repetitions’, participants
share understanding and encourage the virtual
participants’ involvement in locally unfolding
interaction frames. Second, I investigate how the
organization of talk becomes relevant as
participants maneuver webcams. I argue that the
interactional efforts of coordinating repetitions
and converting webcam capabilities into new
interactional modalities contribute to the
creation of a sense of bonding across geographical
boundaries.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Previous studies and theoretical
background
- 2.1Ethnographic studies about mediated
interactions
- 2.2Webcam maneuvers as multimodal
resources
- 3.Data and background
- 4.Mediated repetition as a bonding
strategy
- 4.1The relationship between webcam movement
and repetition
- 4.2Locally embedded webcam: Sharing a meal
- 4.3Parenting across space
- 4.4Performed bonding through
repetition
- 5.Conclusion
-
Notes
-
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