| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M86446/01 |
| Title: |
PRIMARY AND PERIPHERAL PARTICIPANTS IN SYNCHRONOUS ELECTRONICALLY MEDIATED COMMUNICATION |
| Principal Investigator: |
Monk, Professor A |
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| Department: |
Psychology |
| Organisation: |
University of York |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 March 2000 |
Ends: |
28 February 2003 |
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135,470
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Human-Computer Interactions |
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| Creative Industries |
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As well as the primary participants in any synchronous electronically mediated task, there are often others who may overhear or see what is going on. Depending on the way that a video or audio link is configured, the primary participants may be more or less aware of these peripheral participants, affecting the conversation that ensues and the consequent subjective experience of all concerned. It may also affect the ability of a peripheral participant to become a primary participant, or vice versa, with important practical implications for effective collaborative work. Degree of peripherality is a theoretical concept reflecting the experience of a peripheral participant in these respects.Experiments will be carried out that measure degree of peripherality and manipulate: visibility, copresence, and audibility of participants communicating over an audio-video link. An experimental task and measures previously developed in this laboratory will be used. The measures assess social presence, inter-personal awareness, visual attention, memory and comprehension. The results of these experiments will be used to develop a model of participation in synchronous electronically mediated communication and principles and heuristics to be used by engineers and users when configuring electronic communication equipment for three-party conversations of this kind.
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