This article aims to advance research on interaction rituals (IR) and technology. Its starting point is interaction ritual theory, a key micro-sociological approach that postulates IRs as the micro-interactional glue that holds social life together. This approach sees IRs as requiring bodily co-presence among interactants, thus casting doubt over the ritual potential of technology-mediated interaction. In recent years, however, studies have begun problematizing this view through investigations of technology-mediated IRs (TMIR). Counter to IR theory, these studies show that IRs can take place in lieu of bodily copresence and that technologies offer new opportunities for and create distinctively novel forms of rituals and communities. Crucially, however, this emerging literature has an under-theorized understanding of user-technology relationships, which leaves significant gaps in our understanding of IRs and technology. To advance the field, it is suggested that future research should consider: a broader ecology of technologies; heterogeneous users, uses, and circumstances; cultural coding and domestication; and the technologies of face-to-face interaction. This can facilitate a more fundamental reappraisal of the relationship between IRs and technology, which, in turn, can improve our understanding of both TMIR and IR more generally.

本文旨在推进交互仪式 (IR) 和技术的研究。它的出发点是互动仪式理论，这是一种关键的微观社会学方法，它假定 IR 是将社会生活结合在一起的微观互动粘合剂。这种方法将 IR 视为需要交互者之间的身体共同存在，从而对技术介导的交互的仪式潜力提出质疑。然而，近年来，研究开始通过对技术介导的 IR (TMIR) 的调查来质疑这一观点。与 IR 理论相反，这些研究表明 IR 可以代替身体共同存在，并且技术为仪式和社区提供了新的机会并创造了独特的新颖形式。然而，至关重要的是，这些新兴文献对用户技术关系的理论理解不足，这在我们对 IR 和技术的理解上留下了巨大的差距。为了推进该领域，建议未来的研究应考虑：更广泛的技术生态；异构用户、用途和环境；文化编码和驯化；以及面对面互动的技术。这有助于更根本地重新评估 IR 与技术之间的关系，这反过来又可以更普遍地提高我们对 TMIR 和 IR 的理解。