Reconceptualizing presence as an interactional practice in video-mediated professional encounters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22428302 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mie Femø Nielsen (0000-0003-2418-1590, University of Copenhagen, corresponding author), B L Due (0000-0003-3670-9102, University of Copenhagen), Bergur Rønne Moberg (0000-0002-1654-880X, University of Copenhagen), Jeanette Landgrebe (0000-0001-7212-1125, Aarhus University), Thomas Lehman Waaben Toft (University of Copenhagen), Ann Merrit Rikke Nielsen (0000-0002-7442-2922, University of Copenhagen) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Publication date | 2026-07-12 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Discourse & Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-4813 • E-ISSN: 1750-4821 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/17504813261460144 |
| OpenAlex | W7164927266 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 40 |
This paper revisits the concept of presence in video-mediated professional interaction. Rather than treating presence as a cognitive state or technological effect, we conceptualize it as a situated, multimodal, and interactionally accomplished phenomenon. Drawing on ethnomethodological conversation analysis (EMCA), we analyze video-recorded interactions across institutional settings in healthcare, social work, and international business. Through abductive analysis of participants’ practices, we identify four interdependent dimensions of presence: infrastructural-spatial (material calibration and responsiveness across ecologies), embodied-visual (managing visibility and perceptual access), relational (interpersonal attunement and other-involvement), and sequential (timely and fitted contributions to interactional progression). These dimensions emerge from systematic analysis of participants’ practices for managing turn-taking and embodied conduct within fractured ecologies. The paper offers a grounded framework for understanding presence as practical interactional work, with implications for both mediated and face-to-face professional encounters.
Cognition · Conversation · Conversation analysis · Embodied cognition · Interdependence · Perception · Social practice · Visibility · Emotional Labor in Professions · Innovative Education and Learning Practices · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
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Fractured Ecologies
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Emergent focused interactions in public places
A Simplest Systematics for the Organization of Turn-Taking for Conversation
Footing
Being in Two Spaces at Once
| Highly cited | No |
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