Details:
The definitions under this heading explicitly
involve technology;
the phenomenon is
an objective property of a mode of communication, i.e., a technological
medium;
and the aspect of the phenonenon that is of
primary interest is related to social entitites
(human, electronic and otherwise), specifically
the manner in which social entities appear within media.
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Sample
defintion(s):
Zhao (2003):
"Corporeal telecopresence is a form of human
co-location in which both individuals are present in person at their
local sites, but they are located in each other's electronic proximity
rather than physical proximity. ... Virtual copresence: both individuals
are in each other's physical proximity, but one is present in person
at the site and the other is present through a physical representation.
... Virtual telecopresence: both individuals are in each other's electronic
proximity, but one is present in person at the site and the other is
present through a digital representation. ... Hypervirtual copresence:
individuals on both sides are virtually present at the site through physical
representations that are positioned in each other's physical proximity.
... Hypervirtual telecopresence: individuals on both sides are virtually
present at the site through digital representations that are located
in each other's electronic proximity."
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