TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Schmidt, Axel
A1  - Marx, Konstanze
T1  - Staging tele-presence by embodying avatars: evidence from Let’s Play Videos
JF  - Journal für Medienlinguistik (jfml)
N2  - In so-called Let’s Plays, video gaming is presented and verbally commented by Let’s Players on the internet for an audience. When only watched but not played, the most attractive features of video games, immersion and interactivity, get lost – at least for the internet audience. We assume that the accompanying reactions (transmitted via a so-called facecam) and verbal comments of Let’s Players on their game for an audience contribute to an embodiment of their avatars which makes watching a video game more attractive. Following an ethnomethodological conversation analytical (EMCA) approach, our paper focusses on two practices of embodying avatars. A first practice is that Let’s Players verbally formulate their actions in the game. By that, they make their experiences and the 'actions' of avatars more transparent. Secondly, they produce response cries (Goffman) in reaction to game events. By that, they enhance the liveliness of their avatars. Both practices contribute to a co-construction of a specific kind of (tele-)presence.
KW  - Let’s Play
KW  - computer game
KW  - conversation analyses
KW  - tele-presence
KW  - embodiment
KW  - Telepräsenz
KW  - Videospiel
KW  - Online-Spiel
KW  - Embodiment
KW  - Konversationsanalyse
KW  - Computerspiel
KW  - Interaktion
Y1  - 2021
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-107500
SN  - 2569-6491
SS  - 2569-6491
U6  - https://doi.org/10.21248/jfml.2021.35
DO  - https://doi.org/10.21248/jfml.2021.35
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
SP  - 52
EP  - 84
PB  - Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS)
CY  - Mannheim
ER  -