Finding a rhythm

The mediality of researching digital skill as process

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6443389
AutoresFrédérik Lesage (0000-0002-9539-0958, Simon Fraser University, autor correspondente), Nicole K Stewart (0000-0001-6288-0590, Simon Fraser University), Song Tang (0000-0001-5738-7670, independent scholar)
Ano2023
Volume27
Fascículo3
Páginas1397-1417
Data de publicação2023-08-28
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoNew Media & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1461-4448 • E-ISSN: 1461-7315
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/14614448231192966
PMID39975420
OpenAlexW4386252352
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas38

Our objective for this article is to illustrate the importance of understanding digital skill as process by taking its mediality—interweaving tools, technologies, and media—into consideration. Drawing on 12 case studies with participants performing digital tasks, we use Ingold’s four phases of skill (getting ready, setting out, carrying on, and finishing off) to research and represent the rhythm of digital skill. By using medialities of inscription, scripting, and annotation, we demonstrate how researchers can use mediality to perceive rhythms of digital skill without being physically co-located in the performance. As different medialities enable and constrain the perception and descriptions of digital skill, we develop spotlines as a method that combines different medialities particularly well suited for describing and comparing the temporal order of phases for performing digital skill by rendering each performer’s pace and intensity

Aesthetics · Art · Cognitive psychology · Process (computing · Rhythm · Sociology · Computer Science · Digital Education and Society · Digital literacy in education · Literacy, Media, and Education · Psychology