Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Augmented Communication

The Effect of Digital Devices on Face-to-Face Interactions

  • Book
  • © 2019

Overview

Authors:
  1. Richard S. Pinner

    1. Department of English Literature, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • Uses autoethnographic observation data to outline how augmented communication can work
  • Explores the effect of technology on human behaviour from a sociolinguistic perspective
  • Examines both the benefits and the potential consequences of technology-enhanced interactions

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 44.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 59.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Introduction

    • Richard S. Pinner
    Pages 1-20

  3. History of Augmented Communication: Technology and Disability

    • Richard S. Pinner
    Pages 21-27

  4. Augmented Communication as a Modern Phenomenon in Ordinary Speech

    • Richard S. Pinner
    Pages 29-47

  5. Types of Augmented Communication

    • Richard S. Pinner
    Pages 49-85

  6. Stepping Back: Analysis and Discussion of ICT and Language Change

    • Richard S. Pinner
    Pages 87-122

  7. Conclusion

    • Richard S. Pinner
    Pages 123-128

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 129-132
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

This book explores the ways in which handheld networked devices can be used to enhance and augment interpersonal communication. The author examines in depth how the addition of visual and multimodal input, access to online search engines and the inclusion of participants from distant geographical locations (either synchronously or asynchronously) affects our face to face interactions. Presenting research data from several years of autoethnographic observation, this balanced work reveals the consequences, both positive and negative, of technology-dependent forms of discourse. In doing so, this sociolinguistic perspective fills a gap in the current literature and indicates possible future directions for the study of augmented communication. It will appeal in particular to students and scholars of sociolinguistics, applied linguistics and digital humanities.









Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of English Literature, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan

    Richard S. Pinner

About the author

Richard S. Pinner is Associate Professor in the Department of English Literature at Sophia University, Japan.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Augmented Communication

  • Book Subtitle: The Effect of Digital Devices on Face-to-Face Interactions

  • Authors: Richard S. Pinner

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02080-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-02079-8Published: 28 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-02080-4Published: 15 December 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 132

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Digital Humanities, Discourse Analysis, Media and Communication

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation