1. The Ambient IntimacyHow Do We Tell Our Life Stories Together
Apart? Micha Wanke
2. Ambient Intimacy? Definitionbeing able to keep in touch with
peoplewith a level of regularity and intimacywithout time and space
constraintswithout direct engagement in interactionLeisa
Reicheltcontinual partial friendship - David Weinbergercontinuous
partial attention- Linda Stone 3. How does it work? Toolsambient
intimacy tools:micro-blogssocial networking sitesmedia sharing
sitesscrobblersIM/statusesblogsmobile access 4. The contentwhat are
you doing? - everyday lifefacts, places, comments, states of mind,
feelings,significant others, important
eventsregularinstantcontinuouswhats happened in your life? - major
events 5. Who is doing it?digital divideinstrumental internet
(Tufekci, 2008)performing tasksinformation seekingexpressive
internetself-expressioncreativityonline/real life buddiesfrom
online communities to personal networks,PC internet keitai internet
(Tomita, 2005) 6. What is going on?social phenomena:identity
constructionsocial (co)presenceweak tiesindirection (communication)
7. Telling Identitiesreflexive identity / impression
managementgeneralized other, self-logcontrolnarrative identity
(everyday) life storydaily updatesbiographical milestonesself
disclosureprivacy concerns, audience managementre-embodiment 8.
Social (Co)Presencetelecocoon (Habuchi, 2005) - zone of
intimacymaintained not restricted by time and spacerelations in
publicdistributed presence (Turkle 1996) / hyper-connected(Wellman,
2001)RL in the virtual spacephotosbiographic informationoff-line
buddieslocation based mediapanopticon 9. The Strength of The Weak
Tiesintimate stranger (Tomita, 2005) highanonymity &
intimacymedia multiplexity (Haythornthwaite, 2005)together apart
(Bauman) 10. Indirect Communicationorchestral
communicationself-broadcastingsocial performancephatic expressions
11. Social Implicatinosshift from online communities to forms
ofsociabilitynew type of social ties?research
possibilitiesconversation analysisbiographical method 12. ThanksHow
Do We Tell Our Life Stories Together Apart? Micha Wanke
