Face-to-face interaction

social interaction carried out without any mediating technology

Face-to-face interaction is communication between people without any technology.[1] Erving Goffman said it was the influence people have on each other using speech and body language.[2]

Example of a face-to-face interaction between three people

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  1. D. David J. Crowley; David Mitchell (prof.) (1994). Communication Theory Today. Stanford University Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-8047-2347-3. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  2. Goffman, Erving (1980) [1959]. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. New York: Anchor Books: A Division of Random House, Inc. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-385-094023. [(]face-to-face interaction) may be roughly defined as the reciprocal influence of individuals upon one another's actions when in one another's immediate physical presence