{"id":918,"date":"2020-12-13T13:45:01","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T13:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/desres20.netornot.at\/?p=918"},"modified":"2020-12-13T13:45:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T13:45:01","slug":"digital-social-interaction-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/desres20.netornot.at\/?p=918","title":{"rendered":"Digital [social] interaction |\u00a001"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The ‘human’ aspects of web meetings – an introduction<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital meeting places have become an everyday and necessary tool due to the covid pandemic. Lockdowns or quarantines made it nearly impossible to meet face to face no matter what the occasion was. Therefore almost everyone had or has touchpoints with the topic of web-meeting – whether in a professional, educational or private environment. Very soon in the intense usage of the online communication tools terms like \u201cZoom-Fatigue\u201d<\/em> came up and with it the problems of digital interaction became visible: Video-telephony enables to see and hear each other, but we are missing out on the most of the non-verbal communication signs we are used to. Nevertheless, digital communication tools will surely remain as an important part in the future of our communication. Apart from the problems, they enable skilled people to work together, let them share their knowledge, what leads to a new perspective on workspaces.\u00a0Therefore the examination and optimisation of those tools could lead to useful new approaches and insights.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My motivation to research on this topic comes also from the personal experiences I made this year. When I first met the students of CMS2020 at the virtual Barcamp in October, I felt isolated and could not make an emotional connection to whom I saw on the screen right before me. This changed when I switched the mode to \u201ctogether mode\u201d (see image below): I couldn\u2019t help myself but smiling about how happy it made me, to be visually part in this virtual room with the other students. This was definitely not a rational reaction but it made the Barcamp experience of coming together more accessible and human<\/strong> to me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In order to find out more about those human and emotional aspects of web meetings, I want to research on the following research questions:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n