Possibilities,Discourse Systems,and Interactive Relationships in Urban Spatial Communication
Space,as a medium,provides the fundamental setting for the formation of social relations.From a media ontology perspective,this study explores fundamental questions in the field of urban communication:how does urban space as a medium make communication possible,and what kinds of interactional relationships are generated during the communicative process?Going back to the origins of cities,the human desire to mitigate fear and the urban space's call to romanticism have paved the way for the possibility of forming social relations within urban confines.In terms of urban development,the symbolic spaces characterized by modernity,those imbued with specific ideological forms,and experiential spaces centered on humanism constitute the foundational discourse framework of urban space.The interplay among these three continually steers urban spatial practices.In this way,the symbolic spaces of the city construct a relationship of asymmetric subordination,while the experiential urban spaces promote symmetrical uncertain relations.And the former represents the most fundamental relationship in urban interactions.