Courtroom interaction as a multimedia event: the work of producing relevant videoconference frames in French pre-trial hearlings

Christian Licoppe (1) , Maud Verdier (2) , Laurence Dumoulin (3)

1 Télécom ParisTech
2 Praxiling - Praxiling
3 PACTE - Pacte, Laboratoire de sciences sociales

In this article, the authors discuss the uses of camera motions and video communication in a courtroom setting. Recent evolution in the technology of video communication systems has made the issue of camera motion more central. Further, the use of videoconference systems has become almost pervasive in French courtrooms today. The uses of videoconferencing in judicial settings are studied from an interactional perspective, using Conversation Analysis and Situated Action perspectives to understand the common sense interactional concerns members orient to regarding their handling of the camera and to demonstrate how the sense making and practical procedures they rely upon are tightly articulated with the sequential organization of courtroom conversation.

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie

Christian Licoppe, Maud Verdier, Laurence Dumoulin. Courtroom interaction as a multimedia event: the work of producing relevant videoconference frames in French pre-trial hearlings. The Electronic Journal of Communication / La Revue Electronique de Communication, 2013, 23 (1-2), pp.1-28. ⟨halshs-02100682⟩