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MUTUAL GAZE AMONG STRANGERS
| Title: | MUTUAL GAZE AMONG STRANGERS. |
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| Name(s): |
Vaknin, Allie, Author Hastings, Sally, Committee Chair University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2018 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | The purpose of this study was to investigate the reactions people experienced when engaged in extended eye contact with a stranger. Artist Marina Abramovic and an organization entitled The Liberators International have demonstrated a spectrum of reactions, many emotionally-charged, that have occurred from the opportunity to sit across from and gaze into the eyes of a stranger. Current research on eye contact has been predominantly quantitative, with no available research that qualitatively investigates the scenario in focus. The design of this study involved interviewing 35 people who participated in "The World's Biggest Eye Contact Experiment," where individuals paired with a partner and gazed into each other's eyes for one minute. The data revealed a significant overlap between negative and positive face, where individuals sought out the experience in order to exceed their comfort zones and to foster connections with other people. Participants reported feeling a sense of vulnerability, which was attributed to civil inattention and the simultaneous threat to and expansion of negative face. | |
| Identifier: | CFH2000318 (IID), ucf:45766 (fedora) | |
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2018-05-01 B.A. College of Sciences, Nicholson School of Communication Bachelors This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): |
civil inattention connection eye contact mutual gaze strangers facework |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000318 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | campus 2019-05-01 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
