Whilst many studies focus on human-to-media interactions, this paper turns to how a multimodal medium contributes to human-to-human interaction. By bringing together both radical embodied cognitive science ( Chemero 2009 ) and dialogism ( Linell 2009 ), the paper develops an anti-representationalist approach to the concept of social presence. We use an exploratory study of close friendships that maintain their interaction through the use of the mobile instant messaging service WhatsApp. In so doing, we describe texting as language-activity where people engage with each other by using resources from body, environment, and brain. Our work represents a major departure from previous studies of mobile interaction in adopting an embodied view of language and cognition. By so doing, we show how parties create anticipatory routines that enable them to ‘hear’ and ‘see’ their interlocutor. The paper’s main contribution is to draw attention to this kind of heightened social presence that we choose to call “co-imagining”.

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为社交生活注入活力

虽然许多研究关注人与媒体的交互，但本文转向多模式媒体如何促进人与人的交互。通过将激进的具身认知科学 (Chemero 2009) 和对话主义 (Linell 2009) 结合在一起，本文开发了一种反表征主义的方法来处理社会存在的概念。我们对通过使用移动即时消息服务 WhatsApp 保持互动的亲密友谊进行了探索性研究。在这样做时，我们将发短信描述为一种语言活动，人们通过使用来自身体、环境和大脑的资源相互交流。我们的工作代表了与以前的移动交互研究在采用语言和认知的具体观点方面的重大背离。通过这样做，我们展示了当事人如何创造预期的惯例，使他们能够“听到”和“看到”他们的对话者。该论文的主要贡献是引起人们对这种我们选择称之为“共同想象”的高度社会存在的关注。