Immersed in Media Telepresence Theory, Measurement & Technology

Highlights key research currently being undertaken within the field of telepresence, providing the most detailed account of the field to date, advancing our understanding of a fundamental property of all media - the illusion of presence; the sense of “bei

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Telepresence Theory, Measurement & Technology

Immersed in Media

Matthew Lombard • Frank Biocca Jonathan Freeman • Wijnand IJsselsteijn Rachel J. Schaevitz Editors

Immersed in Media Telepresence Theory, Measurement & Technology

Editors Matthew Lombard School of Media & Communication Temple University Philadelphia, USA Jonathan Freeman Department of Psychology Goldsmiths, University of London London, UK

Frank Biocca Newhouse School of Public Communications Syracuse University New York, USA Wijnand IJsselsteijn School of Innovation Sciences Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Rachel J. Schaevitz School of Media & Communication Temple University Philadelphia, USA

ISBN 978-3-319-10189-7 ISBN 978-3-319-10190-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-10190-3

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Contents

1

Lighting a Path While Immersed in Presence: A Wayward Introduction .................................................. Frank Biocca

1

Part I Telepresence Concepts and Theories 2

Defining Presence .................................................................................... Matthew Lombard and Matthew T. Jones

13

3

Presence: Form, Content and Consciousness ....................................... John A. Waterworth, Eva Lindh Waterworth, Giuseppe Riva, and Fabrizia Mantovani

35

4

Affect, Availability and Presence ........................................................... Phil Turner

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5

Intention, Action, Self and Other: An Evolutionary Model of Presence ...................................................... Giuseppe Riva, Fabrizia Mantovani, Eva Lindh Waterworth, and John A. Waterworth

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6

An Action-Based Approach to Prese