Abstract
This study analyzed a detailed videotaped conversation to examine human interactions. The results of the analysis
suggest that “being videotaped” not only restrains the participants’ behavior but was also treated as a resource
to develop the interaction. In some segments of the data, the participants paid attention to, or referred directly
to, aspects of the environment around them, such as the camera. This finding suggests that the participants were
aware that the activity they were engaged in was being videotaped and, hence, that it differed from the preceding
activity. In other segments, the participants deduced the experimental problem from the assigned task and jointly
constructed to solve it. This suggests that an assigned task may not only constrain the participant but also can be
utilized as a potential resource.
