Presence at ICA 2003 – Proceedings

(Tele)Presence: An Introduction to the State of the Art

A presence event co-sponsored by the Information Systems division of the International Communication Association (ICA), the International Society for Presence Research (ISPR), and the Media Interface &
Network Design (M.I.N.D.) Labs

at the annual ICA conference

May 23 – 27, 2003

in San Diego, California, USA

Session time: Sunday, May 25, 2003 from 3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., followed by dinner!

For other information please contact Matthew Lombard.

DESCRIPTION:

(Tele)presence is being examined by a growing international community of scholars in diverse fields from computer science to philosophy, but the concept has particular relevance to communication. This event, co-sponsored by the Information Systems division of the International Communication Association (ICA), the International Society for Presence Research (ISPR), and the Media Interface & Network Design (M.I.N.D.) Labs, will introduce and review the state-of-the-art in presence research, theory, organizations and resources in a hybrid format that combines traditional presentations, multimedia posters and demonstrations, and informal discussion and socializing.

The session will begin with two traditional format presentations, by Matthew Lombard and Frank Biocca, which will introduce the concept of presence, summarize the history, current status, and potential future of presence research and theory, and outline opportunities for communication scholars to get more information about developments related to presence and the presence community, and participate in and obtain funding for their own work in the area.

Following these more formal presentations, fourteen papers representing the latest presence research, and the papers’ authors, will be introduced. Each paper will then be presented informally in a modified, multimedia poster session format. Presenters will create and post vivid visual summaries of their projects and (in many cases) supplement these with multimedia displays and demonstrations via laptop computer. Rather than simply being available to answer questions about the projects, the authors will make brief, informal presentations of their work to small groups of audience members attending the session. A variety of (free!) refreshments will be provided.

The presentations, discussions, and socializing will continue in the same room beyond the officially scheduled session time, and then over dinner (location to be announced at session).

The papers and their authors/presenters are listed below.

Pictures from the dinner that followed the panel are here.


(Tele)Presence: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Now?
Matthew Lombard
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA, USA
International Society for Presence Research (ISPR)
[Abstract] [Powerpoint]

Presence Research Gets A Jump Start: Overview of the EU’s 20 million Euro Presence Initiative
Dr. Frank Biocca
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI, USA
Media Interface and Network Design (M.I.N.D.) Lab
International Society for Presence Research (ISPR)
[Abstract]

Immersion As ‘ Social Machines’- Analysing The Coupling Human-Machine in The Industry of Entertainment
Yara Rondon Guasque Araujo
UDESC, PUCSP
Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brasil
[Paper]

Self Presentation On The Internet
Susan B. Barnes
Rochester Institute of Technology
Department of Communication
College of Liberal Arts
Rochester, NY, USA
[Abstract] [Powerpoint]

Source Credibility and Presence: The Role of Image Quality
Cheryl Campanella Bracken
Department of Communication
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, OH, USA
[Abstract]

The Impact of Imagination on Computer Mediated Telepresence
Emil Coman
Christian Rauh
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT, USA
[Abstract and Paper]

Wearable Computers: Devices of Mediated Presence on the Web
Luisa Paraguai Donati
Institute of Arts, Unicamp, Brazil; Visiting Researcher-in-residence at STAR,
University of Plymouth, UK
and
Gilbertto Prado
Department of Visual Arts, School of Communication and Arts,
University of São Paulo, Brasil
[Paper] [Powerpoint]

Practical Telepresence and the Online Office
Davis Foulger
Oswego State University of New York
New York, NY
USA
[Abstract]

Presence and Flow: A Heuristic Framework to Inform Theory and Design
Linda Greenwood
Mass Media & Communication Program
School of Communications and Theater
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA USA
[Abstract] [Powerpoint]

Experiential Product Placements in Virtual Environments: Presence, Information Processing and Advertising Effectiveness
Dan Grigorovici
College of Communications
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA, USA
[Abstract] [Powerpoint]

Bridging the Gap Between Social Presence and Telepresence: Toward a Model of Social Telepresence
Donald J. Jung
Department of Communication
Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau, MO, USA
Larry Irons
I.C. Technologies, LLC
St. Louis, Missouri
[Abstract and Paper]

Presence and Time Estimation
Satoko Kurita
Master’s of Arts candidate
Indiana University, Bloomington
Department of Telecommunication
[Abstract]

Ethical Considerations in the Facilitation of Telepresence: Virtualizing Marketing Practice: A Scenario for Discussion
Rita Lauria
Media Interface & Network Design Labs
USA
and
Anne-Cécile Jeandrain
Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
Visiting Scholar, Media Interface & Network Design Labs
USA
[Abstract] [Powerpoint]

Groundwork for a Theory of Presence: Clarifying the Structural Categories of Experience
Tony Osborne
[Abstract]

Presence, the Ultimate Teacher’: Examining the Power of Spatial and Social Illusions to Enhance Learning in the VLE
Melissa Markaridian Selverian
Mass Media & Communication Doctoral Program (MMC)
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA, USA
[Abstract]

The Experience of Nonmediation: Towards an Interdisciplinary Model of “Presence”
Peter Vorderer
Annenberg School for Communication
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Werner Wirth
Institut fuer Kommunikationswissenschaft
Ludwig Maximilian University
München, Germany

Frank Biocca
M.I.N.D. Labs
Michigan State University
Dept. of Telecommunication, Information & Media
East Lansing, MI, USA

Feliz Ribeiro Gouveia
Multimedia Studies and Resource Center/MIND Lab Porto
Porto, Portugal

Lutz Jäncke
Institute of Psychology
Neuropsychology
Zürich, Switzerland

Timo Saari
Knowledge Media Laboratory
Helsinki, Finland

Tilo Hartmann
Department of Journalism and Communication Research
Hannover University of Music and Drama
Hannover, Germany

Christoph Klimmt
Department of Journalism and Communication Research
Hannover University of Music and Drama
Hannover, Germany

Holger Schramm
Department of Journalism and Communication Research
Hannover University of Music and Drama
Hannover, Germany
and
Saskia Böcking
Institut fuer Kommunikationswissenschaft
München, Germany
[Abstract]
[Abstract and Paper – .pdf format]
[Powerpoint]

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