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Human Geography Of Cyberspace

Posted on:2015-03-21Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:S X WuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2348330461458596Subject:Communication
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People used to call the digital information space as "cyberspace", but people rarely investigated its spatial meaning. Actually, this unique space is orderly, it carried within it locations and boundaries. People should take it as the scene of action, at the same time; human's subjective experience should not be ignored.Cyberspace is not a metaphor space, actually, it is a new space in the internet age. It not only has unique internal structure but also spatial attribute and significance, providing a new perspective for the study of human and communication. From the perspective of geographical Philosophy, cyberspace is an interesting blend of smooth space and striped space. On the one hand, cyberspace has no clear boundary just like the ocean; On the other hand, various websites and personal pages create new boundaries and areas. Following the tuber thinking, cyberspace consists of numerous tuber space placed side by side. Because of this, people not only can carry out network creation, but also can surf the Internet freely.Cyberspace provides a new dimension for human to understand themselves and the living world. It offers equal room for the unfortunate and marginalized, in addition, it strengthen the new community space by invisible boundary like subculture and dominant boundary like technology. It is in a sense living space and working space of people, which directly associated with human practice, social communication and the cultural production. In addition, the cyberspace also provides new space for unique experience. It means that cyberspace is not merely a technical space; it is also the environment for human survival and existence. The relationship between people and space has undergone tremendous change in the cyber age.The phenomenon of cyberspace immigrants is a kind of escapism in human geography, in order to avoid unpleasant life; people tend to move from a space to another space. The tuber structure of cyberspace makes people accustomed to the nomadic life, which leading to low utilization rate of cyber source. The experience out of body in cyberspace is not complete, because some information is easily overlooked. Even settling in cyberspace, humans will also return to the real world out of the physiological needs. Perhaps, people should exit from the cyberspace and expand to the distant astrospace. The immigration to cyberspace, grazing in cyberspace, moving back to real space form cyberspace is causing people to reconsider this unique spatial sample from the perspective of human geography.
Keywords/Search Tags:Cyberspace, Geographic metaphor, Self-examination, Spatial Structure and Properties
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