Épuiser sa présence : rapports amoureux et téléphonie mobile

Abstract

This article analyzes the recomposition of presential and relational regimes caused by the mobile phone in love relationships. We will discuss phenomenological specificities of in-love copresence before examining results that introduce the effects of “availability” raised by these devices. This analysis will be based on a corpus of 4,974 SMS exchanged by nine different couples. We will especially highlight the specificities of the “technical principle” inherent to these devices. The analysis of this "short time technology" helps to discern a radicalization of the feeling of remotness to the other.in this “technologically equipped copresence.”

Keywords

• love relationships
• cellphone
• SMS
• passion
• copresence