Based on the premise that invisibility is a fundamental characteristic of infrastructure,recent infrastructure-oriented research in media and communication studies has emphasized"inversion"as its basic approach,in which the research object transforms from invisible state to visible state.Through a case study of Shanghai's urban regeneration project of moving cables underground at the"Internet hotspot"Wukang Mansion,this paper reveals the fluidity and multidimensionality of(in)visibility,as well as the intercon-nectedness of different dimensions,pointing out the instability and limitations of classical theoretical assump-tions about invisibility.It proposes that tracking the operation of(in)visibility be adopted as a comprehen-sive approach to study media infrastructure,to further uncover the theoretical potential of the infrastructure perspective for media studies and adjacent disciplines.
Infrastructure TurnInvisibilityMedia InfrastructureMedia StudiesUrban Public Spaces
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