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Embodied & Mediated Communication

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Abstractions about how bodies, media and avatars carry social meaning — nonverbal and touch-based communication (haptic communication), virtual-embodiment effects (Proteus effect, presence), and cultural transmission or memory practices such as the transmission chain method and memory work.

5 abstractions in this family — domain-specific abstractions that sit near one another in structural-signature space (k-means over structural-signature embeddings). Each is shown with its short description.

  • Haptic communication — Haptic communication is nonverbal communication and interaction via the sense of touch.
  • Memory work — Memory work is a process of engaging with the past which has both an ethical and historical dimension.
  • Presence (telepresence) — Presence is a theoretical concept describing the extent to which media represent the world (in both physical and social environments).
  • Proteus effect — The Proteus effect describes a phenomenon in which the behavior of an individual, within virtual worlds, is changed by the characteristics of their avatar.
  • Transmission chain method — The transmission chain method is a method used in cultural evolution research to uncover biases in cultural transmission.