Communication and space

Question 1

What is the distinction of space and place?

Answer 1

> Space is the opportunity

> Place is the understood reality

Question 2

How is a space distinguished?

Answer 2

> Physical location

> Size

Question 3

How is a place distinguished?

Answer 3

> Meaning

> Social norms

Question 4

What is communication space?

Answer 4

Social or emotional proximity

Question 5

What is phenomenological space?

Answer 5

The idea that the physical world is always encountered within a horizon of practical concerns

Question 6

Who proposed the theory of phenomenological space?

Answer 6

Heidegger

Question 7

What did Heidegger propose?

Answer 7

The phenomenological theory of space

Question 8

What are the features of communication space?

Answer 8

> Quality of encounters
Emotional and social proximity
Availability

Question 9

How is communication space related to virtual space?

Answer 9

Communication space is perceived emotional and social proximity, awareness and understanding. There is no concept of physical proximity, so it can be replicated virtually

Question 10

What is Walford?

Answer 10

> A text-based/chat community
Established 1993
1500 regular participants
Designed to emulate social spaces in a town

Question 11

What are the features of virtual space in Walford?

Answer 11

> No strong spatial constraints

> Environment configured to limit availability

Question 12

What are the features of communication monitored in Walford?

Answer 12

> 70% to people in different places
67% to multiple participants
91% of ppts deliberated avoided communication at some time

Question 13

How does space play a role in Walford?

Answer 13

> Not a technical barrier to interaction

> Mediates mutual involvement

Question 14

How does virtual distance impact communication in Walford?

Answer 14

> Virtual distance corresponds to communicative space

> Correlates with degree of mutual engagement

Question 15

What are examples of measures of mutual involvement?

Answer 15

> Anaphora
Clarifications
Verb phrase elipses

Question 16

What is Anaphora?

Answer 16

> He, she, that

> A shared understanding of objects/subjects in a conversation

Question 17

What are the features of cyber sex in Walford (Myketiak, 2008)?

Answer 17

> Dyadic (one on one)
> Always takes place in a shared space
> Always private
> Use of space and room description
>Attempts to get into locked sub-rooms

Question 18

What did Myketiak (2008) define?

Answer 18

The features of cyber sex in Walford

Question 19

Who defined the features of cybersex in Walford?

Answer 19

Myketiak (2008)

Question 20

What were the features of self-disclosure in Walford?

Answer 20

> Done by direct command
Dyadic conversations
Tend not to take place in private or shared spaces

Question 21

What is the participant framework?

Answer 21

Conversation does not just take place between the speaker and addressee, there are degrees of participation in a conversation

Question 22

What are the degrees of participation according to the participant framework?

Answer 22

> Speaker and addressee
Side participant
Bystander
Eavesdropper

Question 23

What are the organisation factors in communication spaces?

Answer 23

> Participant status

> Intimacy

Question 24

What are the design implications of Walford?

Answer 24

> Sophisticated non-spatial control over interaction

> Multiple, concurrent participation