Transmission delay in technology-mediated interaction at work
Abstract
This paper investigates transmission delay in technology-mediated interaction from a
participant’s perspective. The approach chosen here contrasts with previous studies of
delay: only what is seen, heard and done at one end (i.e., what is available on screen) is
considered in the analysis. It is argued that participants themselves lack access to the other
sides of their interactions as they unfold at remote locations, and they thus cannot observe
and deal with delay from an outside perspective. Analyzing single cases of delay-ininteraction
within the framework of conversation analysis, the focus is on dispersed
conversation partners’ resources to detect a problem, and to make visible and relevant the
experience of time lag. The data used consist of video-based mediated meetings between
knowledge workers of a small Finnish company. Phenomena that may evoke reference to
transmission delay in interaction include prolonged overlap, gap and sequential disarray and
missed attempt at turn-taking. Delay in such cases is referred to as an explanation for
mismatching, incongruous contributions. This, as well as participants’ observable attempts to
restore order, reveals fundamental expectations and orientations with respect to
sequentiality as well as to technology-mediation.
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Research article
Published
2015
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Publisher
Psychnology
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http://www.psychnology.org/File/PNJ13(2-3)/PSYCHNOLOGY_JOURNAL_13_2_OLBERTZ-SIITONEN.pdf
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Review status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1720-7525
Language
English
Published in
PsychNology Journal
Citation
- Olbertz-Siitonen, M. (2015). Transmission delay in technology-mediated interaction at work. PsychNology Journal, 13(2-3), 203-234. http://www.psychnology.org/File/PNJ13(2-3)/PSYCHNOLOGY_JOURNAL_13_2_OLBERTZ-SIITONEN.pdf
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