In this chapter (french only), I examine the role of different technical/technological artefacts in mediated communication. I then try to demonstrate how new communicative medium are perceived and intended and also how they enable people to maintain social connections (in reducing the distance between them in aid of ad-hoc communities and virtual social networks) [...]

Home no longer refer to closed places but to space where all bonds/connections converge [...]

A multisensory communication prosthesis to be handled and "physically" activated by users. [...]