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description, concept, definition

PRESENCE, A SCIENCE OF TRADE–OFFS

chapter 2

Through the use of media people try to overcome the boundaries of time and place to which our physical bodies are bound. With the development of information and communication technologies over the centuries it became possible to experience distinctions between synchronous and asynchronous communication and between physical and non-physical communication.

 

  • PRESENCE AND ABSENCE

    Introduction chapter 2

    Caroline Nevejan –

    Communication models of 'one to one', of 'one to many' and of 'many to many' evolved. The term 'virtual' was introduced when digital ...

  • PRESENCE RESEARCH

    Caroline Nevejan –

    Presence Research is not a formal academic discipline, but it is a field of study in the sense that presence researchers know how to ...

  • MEDIATED PRESENCE

    Caroline Nevejan –

    Human beings have been mediating presence for as long as humankind exists. When moving around people leave trails of footprints, nests ...

  • conclusion

    Conclusion chapter 2

    Caroline Nevejan –

    Communication processes between people are defined by a pattern of the presence and absence of their natural and mediated presences. The ...

  • PRESENCE TECHNOLOGIES

    Caroline Nevejan –

    The development of sign systems, counting systems, script, drawing, painting and the later development of mechanical reproduction ...

  • NATURAL PRESENCE

    Caroline Nevejan –

    Presence as a phenomenon is, in the first instance, associated with being physically present. Our natural presence is defined by our ...

  • WITNESSED PRESENCE

    Caroline Nevejan –

    The perceived presence of a person plays a crucial role in the social organization of communities. In a street, in a village, in a ...