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Presence (telepresence)

Presence is a theoretical concept describing the extent to which media represent the world (in both physical and social environments).

Version
v1 · 2026-09-28 · History
Domain-specific #
11455
Domain group
Social Sciences
Origin domain
Communication & Media Studies
Subdomains
Presence Theory, Mediated Experience → Communication & Media Studies

Core Idea

Presence (telepresence) is treated here as the recurring computing and information systems identity summarized by this source-grounded definition: Presence is a theoretical concept describing the extent to which media represent the world (in both physical and social environments). Presence is a theoretical concept describing the extent to which media represent the world (in both physical and social environments). Presence is further described by Matthew Lombard and Theresa Ditton as “an illusion that a mediated experience is not mediated." Today, it often considers the effect that people experience when they interact with a computer-mediated or computer-generated.

Scope of Application

  • Case studies. Many applications of the Internet today largely depend on virtual presence since its conception.

  • Case studies. The researchers found that the mere presence of virtual humans in an immersive environment caused people to be more emotionally expressive than when they were alone in the environment.

  • Presence in popular culture. Meyrowitz suggests that television alone will transform the practice of front-stage and back-stage behaviors, as television would provide increased information to different groups who may physically not have access to specific.

  • Documented setting. The concept of presence accounts for a variety of computer applications and Web-based entertainment today that are developed on the fundamentals of the phenomenon, in order to give people the sense.

  • Evolution of 'presence' as a concept. The specialist use of the word “presence” derives from the term “telepresence”, coined by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Marvin Minsky in 1980.

Clarity

A clear use of Presence (telepresence) names the carrier, the operative relation, and the conditions under which the source treats the identity as present. The minimal definition is Presence is a theoretical concept describing the extent to which media represent the world (in both physical and social environments).

Manages Complexity

Presence (telepresence) compresses multiple computing and information systems details into a stable diagnostic relation. The source shows both the central mechanism—the specialist use of the word “presence” derives from the term “telepresence”, coined by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Marvin Minsky in 1980.—and the practical consequence—users, through their interaction, have a sense that these fabricated personalities are really “there”.

Abstract Reasoning

  1. Type the carrier. Identify the computing and information systems entities to which the claim applies.
  2. State the relation. Use the source-grounded identity: Presence is a theoretical concept describing the extent to which media represent the world (in both physical and social environments).
  3. Check operation and conditions. Minsky's research explained telepresence as the manipulation of objects in the real world through remote access technology.
  4. Demand recognition evidence. presence can be a sense of immersion, either through the senses or through the mind.
  5. Test variation.

Knowledge Transfer

Within the home domain. Knowledge about Presence (telepresence) transfers literally when a new case preserves the same carrier type, relation, and recognition test. Many applications of the Internet today largely depend on virtual presence since its conception. The researchers found that the mere presence of virtual humans in an immersive environment caused people to be more emotionally expressive than when they were alone in the environment. Beyond the home domain. No canonical parent is asserted for Presence (telepresence).

Neighborhood in Abstraction Space

Presence (telepresence) sits in a sparse region of the domain-specific corpus (65th percentile for distinctiveness): few abstractions share its structure, so a faithful description tends to retrieve it precisely.

Family — Embodied & Mediated Communication (5 abstractions)

Nearest neighbors

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