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TY - BOOK
T1 - Skyping thee Family: interpersonal video and domestic life
AU - Harper, R.H.R.
AU - Watson, Rod
AU - Licoppe, Christian
PY - 2019/8/31
Y1 - 2019/8/31
N2 - This collection is one of the first in-depth studies of video calling in family and domestic life. It explores the reasons that people themselves provide to explain their video calling, investigates how these reasons make that calling accountable and how, in turn, these reasons come to be things talked about in the calls themselves. The research shows how video calling is part of the currency of contemporary family affection: such calls are not just about keeping in touch, they are a way of loving too; and they are sometimes a way of fighting as well. 'Skyping' or 'Facetiming' might be frequent and can seem mundane – just a question of routine – but what they entail is a measure of important things to families. This makes this collection of interest to anyone concerned with family life and the evolving ways in which technology has a role in it.
AB - This collection is one of the first in-depth studies of video calling in family and domestic life. It explores the reasons that people themselves provide to explain their video calling, investigates how these reasons make that calling accountable and how, in turn, these reasons come to be things talked about in the calls themselves. The research shows how video calling is part of the currency of contemporary family affection: such calls are not just about keeping in touch, they are a way of loving too; and they are sometimes a way of fighting as well. 'Skyping' or 'Facetiming' might be frequent and can seem mundane – just a question of routine – but what they entail is a measure of important things to families. This makes this collection of interest to anyone concerned with family life and the evolving ways in which technology has a role in it.
U2 - 10.1075/bct.103
DO - 10.1075/bct.103
M3 - Book
SN - 9789027203496
T3 - Benjamins Current Topics
BT - Skyping thee Family: interpersonal video and domestic life
PB - John Benjamins Publishing
CY - Amsterdam/Philadelphia
ER -