About Social Interaction Design Writings SxD Blog
These questions about communication technology aim at uncovering some of the dimensions of social interaction and human communication, and their interface with the technologies that mediate so much of our communication today. These questions are an attempt at conducting communication research into both the sociology and psychology of interpersonal communication and its means of production at the same time.
Materiality and amplification: design, functions, features, and the interface to the human face
When communication technology requires a secondary medium
Communication technology extends attention
What is a communication technology's functional effectiveness
Sociology and the negotiations of presence availability: the internet, access, and connection
Asynchronous communication technology: Connectivity
Close Encounters with technology
Excerpts from Through the Wire, an ongoing book project on communication technology and the changing relations of speech, proximity, communication and relationships. These draft chapters are related to some of the questions posed in the investigation above.