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Staging tele-presence by embodying avatars: evidence from Let’s Play Videos

  • 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.

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Author:Axel SchmidtGND, Konstanze MarxGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-107500
DOI:https://doi.org/10.21248/jfml.2021.35
ISSN:2569-6491
Parent Title (German):Journal für Medienlinguistik (jfml)
Publisher:Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS)
Place of publication:Mannheim
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2021
Date of Publication (online):2021/11/10
Publicationstate:Veröffentlichungsversion
Reviewstate:Peer-Review
Tag:Let’s Play; computer game; conversation analyses; embodiment; tele-presence
GND Keyword:Computerspiel; Embodiment; Interaktion; Konversationsanalyse; Online-Spiel; Telepräsenz; Videospiel
Volume:4
Issue:2
First Page:52
Last Page:84
DDC classes:400 Sprache / 400 Sprache, Linguistik
Open Access?:ja
Leibniz-Classification:Sprache, Linguistik
Linguistics-Classification:Pragmalinguistik / Kommunikationsforschung
Journals:Journal für Medienlinguistik : jfml = Journal for media linguistics
Program areas:P1: Interaktion
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International