From Tele Presence to Human Absence - The pragmatic construction of the human in communications systems research

People and Computers XXIII Celebrating People and Technology - Proceedings of HCI 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 73-82

  Harper, R ^a  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communications systems, media spaces, shared whiteboards, instant messaging, telepresence; Computer science; Philosophy, metaphysics; Sociology, ethnography, model(s) of the user

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; ONTOLOGY; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS , MEDIA SPACES , SHARED WHITEBOARDS , INSTANT MESSAGING , TELEPRESENCE; COMPUTER SCIENTISTS; MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; PHILOSOPHY, METAPHYSICS; SOCIOLOGY, ETHNOGRAPHY, MODEL(S) OF THE USER; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84860483282     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.14236/ewic/hci2009.9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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