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absent presence: a standalone construct

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absentpresence1 CONSTRUCTAbsent presenceGERGEN · COMPUTER-MEDIATED

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Computer-mediated communication

being physically present in a setting while one's attention is absorbed by a remote, technologically mediated world.

In computer-mediated communication, absent presence refers to being physically present in a setting while one's attention is absorbed by a remote, technologically mediated world. This meaning comes from Gergen (2002) in Perpetual Contact.[1]

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References

  1. Gergen, K. J. (2002). The challenge of absent presence. In Perpetual Contact (pp. 227-241). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511489471.018

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