Talk:Face-to-face interaction

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Face-to-face interaction
The Article suggests that in Face-to-Face interaction there is no "mediating technology". It cites an article by D. David J. Crowley; David Mitchell (prof.) (1994) to support this.

Until the previous 6-8 years, I would agree with this.

But now, with the invent of video camera's on virtually every computer, laptop, mobile phone, tablet and phablet plus the use of software such as Skype and FaceTime, does it still hold true that you must physically be in the immediate vicinity of the other person without any mediating technology to have face-to-face interaction or communication? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.173.234.109 (talk) 22:01, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Good point. Now, per WP:OR and WP:V, we just need to cite a more recent piece of research that agrees with you so we can correct this in the article. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 06:42, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I agreed with you until I saw some articles about the comparison between face-to-face interaction and video call at least in some aspects. Because face-to-face interaction provides not only a facial expression but also other body languages including body gestures, etc. But as for the video call, Skype, users could only see the facial expression considering the size of the screen. This point of view is examined by the article "Comparing Video, Avatar, and Robot Mediated Communication: Pros and Cons of Embodiment."
 * Another example is the article by van der Zwaard, R., & Bannink, A. (2014) discussing the different results of negotiation of meaning via video call and instant chat. It concluded that face-to-face chatting still had a better effect than video calling on the negotiation for the second language learners. So I don’t think this item should include “mediating technology,” as the video call.
 * April777 (talk) 17:39, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Structure Improvement
I plan to rewrite this item to make it into a more clear structure. I will change the structure into small sections, including Introduction, Studying History, Compared with Mediated Communication. Besides, I will paraphrasing the direct citations.

April777 (talk) 04:35, 25 February 2017 (UTC)


 * It can get confusing to copy a draft of the article here on the talkpage. I moved it to your Sandbox page here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:April777/Sandbox.  Rostaf (talk) 00:40, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

Adding a new aspect
I would like to add a new section describing face-to-face interaction happened among different cultures.

Related article:

Klitmøller, A., & Lauring, J. (2013). When global virtual teams share knowledge: Media richness, cultural difference and language commonality. Journal of World Business, 48(3), 398-406.

van der Zwaard, R., & Bannink, A. (2014). Video call or chat? Negotiation of meaning and issues of face in telecollaboration. System, 44, 137-148.

April777 (talk) 04:54, 25 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Please copy this also to the draft I created on your sandbox page. Rostaf (talk) 00:43, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

Comment from Jing: I really like the idea that face to face interaction contains some very important features including eye contact and gestures, etc., especially in the situation of multicultural working environment, face to face communication provides approaches for truly catching the ideas from other people. I think one great example in the paper to illustrate this point is the "Indians say yes as a sign of respect and not because they have understood what you are saying...You cannot do that virtually because you need to be close to the machinery". To help readers better understand the function of face to face interaction in multicultural communication, this example could be briefly introduced in the article. JingHan (talk) 10:48, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Reconstructing the article and adding feature of face to face interaction
1. I also think one big problem about this article is the structure, all the information are kind of mixed in only one paragraph. The structure arrangement of the article should be accordance with logical paragraphing including definition, history of the research, advantages of FTF interaction.

2. According to the paper I selected on the topic of Face to face interaction(FTF), I think one important and distinguishing feature of FTF is the ability to promote a focus on moralistic considerations and activation of individuals’ moral interest. Here is the link of the paper I selected: http://irle.berkeley.edu/files/2013/I-Cant-Lie-to-our-Face.pdf

3. From the stand of moral concerns, I think its corresponding term is anonymous interaction(e.g. P2P interaction) with no appearance of facial expression or body language, so I will give a brief discription of mental feelings and psychological change when people are conducting FTF interaction.

JingHan (talk) 21:20 24 February 2017 (UTC)
 * The area you suggested to add to the article sounds great; however the article you have selected is a working paper and not an appropriate source to be cited. Tho you can find the published version of the paper here: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022103114001127. Please consider reading and citing this one instead Rostaf (talk) 00:37, 28 February 2017 (UTC)


 * The points Jing mentioned are excellent and more comprehensive than mine. She not only talks about the honesty problem occurring during FTF but also takes a further step to explain the responding background knowledge. Besides, I saw an article containing a related discussion about morality, but it is little different. In this article, it compares the differences between video chat and face-to-face interaction when doing the negotiation of meaning. It suggests that even people can see each other online instead of anonymous interaction they still tend to be dishonesty. So I think Jing can refer to it as a supplement. Here is the link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0346251X14000682  April777 (talk) 03:54, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

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