This paper provides a theoretical introduction to the study of videochats, seen as dynamic texts that enact a new form of interaction. Interactional resources are arranged in such innovative ways in videochats that they produce a new field of investigation for researchers in the field of linguistics, communication, media studies, visual ethnography and digital literacy. The paper singles out relevant aspects, such as the alternation of speech and writing, which is so striking as to warrant special investigation. Speech and writing are technologically integrated, allowing participants to "mode-switch", i.e. alternate between spoken and written discourse. New arrangements of verbal and non verbal resources are explored in the paper.
Mode-switching: how oral and written modes alternate in videochats
SINDONI, Maria Grazia
2012-01-01
Abstract
This paper provides a theoretical introduction to the study of videochats, seen as dynamic texts that enact a new form of interaction. Interactional resources are arranged in such innovative ways in videochats that they produce a new field of investigation for researchers in the field of linguistics, communication, media studies, visual ethnography and digital literacy. The paper singles out relevant aspects, such as the alternation of speech and writing, which is so striking as to warrant special investigation. Speech and writing are technologically integrated, allowing participants to "mode-switch", i.e. alternate between spoken and written discourse. New arrangements of verbal and non verbal resources are explored in the paper.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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