Nonverbal Synchrony in Technology-Mediated Interviews: A Cross-Cultural Study.

ABSTRACT: Technology-mediated communication has changed the way we interact. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, this trend became even more pronounced. Media interviews are no exception. Yet, studies on nonverbal behaviors, especially nonverbal synchrony during such mediated settings, have been scarce. To fill the research gap, this study investigated synchronized patterns between interview hosts' and guests' facial emotional displays and upper body movement during mediated interviews recorded in the countries in Western (mainly the US, with the addition of the UK) and Eastern cultures (Japan). The interviews were categorized into information- or entertainment-driven interviews, depending on the social attributes of the guest. The time series of the valence in facial displays an

SUBMITTER: Fujiwara K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9476419 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature