Establishing mutual orientation on the shared screen in video-mediated interactions: Current speaker's acknowledgments of the screen controller's on-screen actions


Ro E., Balaman U.

Journal of Pragmatics, cilt.257, ss.11-25, 2026 (AHCI, SSCI, Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 257
  • Basım Tarihi: 2026
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.pragma.2026.02.011
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of Pragmatics
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, Communication Abstracts, Index Islamicus, Linguistic Bibliography, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Philosopher's Index, Psycinfo, DIALNET
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.11-25
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Acknowledgment, Active listenership, Multimodal conversation analysis, Mutual orientation, Shared screen, Video-mediated interaction
  • TED Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Multiparty video-mediated meetings are increasingly common interactional domains that offer diverse technological resources while also introducing complex interactional challenges. Screen-sharing is one of the most central affordances, as it enables participants to organize shared attention, establish publicly available reference points, and support the progression of ongoing activities. Yet, the establishment of mutual orientation toward the shared screen is not automatic; it is interactionally accomplished. In this paper, we use multimodal conversation analysis to investigate how participants establish such orientation when the current speaker is different from the participant controlling the shared screen. Our analysis demonstrates a recurrent micro-sequential pattern consisting of: (i) the current speaker's turn oriented to the screen-shared materials, (ii) the screen controller's fitted on-screen actions in coordination with that turn (i.e., displays of active listenership), and (iii) the current speaker's acknowledgment of those fitted actions. The findings bring micro-level insights into how participants manage mutual orientation and sustain progressivity in video-mediated interactions.