Between reality and imagination, between you and me: Emotions and daydreaming in times of electronic communication

This article focuses on the analysis of daydreams and fantasies people have regarding their partnerships in ‘non-moments’, moments in which we have time to take a break or to daydream. This article makes a strong case for the relevance of the shift from the isolation experienced within these ‘non-mo...

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Published inNew media & society Vol. 18; no. 10; pp. 2395 - 2412
Main Authors Cantó-Milà, Natàlia, Núñez-Mosteo, Francesc, Seebach, Swen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.11.2016
Subjects
love
non-moments
electronic communication
partnership
imagination
non-places
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Summary:This article focuses on the analysis of daydreams and fantasies people have regarding their partnerships in ‘non-moments’, moments in which we have time to take a break or to daydream. This article makes a strong case for the relevance of the shift from the isolation experienced within these ‘non-moments’ towards an altered experience of this isolation, which has been moulded and partially broken by the possibility to share our dreams in real time, and communicate with our significant others (here, partners), while tearing us further apart from those who share with us these moments in the same place. The analysis of such non-moments will help us to shed light on how our intimate relationships are woven on a daily basis, and how electronic communication is part of a differentiation process in which we can share our imaginaries just as we produce them.
ISSN:1461-4448
1461-7315
DOI:10.1177/1461444815586985