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Title:: Hierarchical Elements of“ Hybrid Space” Formation and TheirCoupling Logic in the Era of Mobile Network

Author(s):: JIANG Xiaoli; ZHU Yaxi; JIANG Xiaoli, PhD in literature, is Professor at College of Literature and Journalism,Sichuan University ( Chengdu 610064 ); ZHU Yaxi is PhD Candidate at College of Literature and Journalism,Sichuan University ( Chengdu 610064 ).

Keywords:: mobile networks; hybrid space; mobile interface; human-machine complex; social interaction

Abstract:: At present,“ hybrid space” has become a key term for understanding and grasping the mediatedsocial space in the era of mobile networks. However, the academic community uses it more as a descriptiveconcept, and there is little exploration of the inner logic behind its formation. This paper emphasizes tha“t hybridspace” is not a social reality that is simply constructed by technology and encompasses only the continuousintegration of physical space and virtual space, but an outcome based on three“ levels/elements”: i.e.“ tool/mobile interface”;“ subject/body ‘( human-machine complex’)”; and“ relationship/social interaction”. Onthis basis, these three“ levels/elements” are coupled together by the logic of mobility, in a three-dimensional,dynamic, indivisible interconnection, and ultimately constitute a“ hybrid space” as an organic whole.