微信:中国人的“在世存有”

Wechat: The “Dasein” for Chinese

存在现象学的技术论,打破了现有新媒体研究以技术为手段、以社交为功能的基本预设。因此,微信不只是个体之间的连结,也不仅是为达致共识而进行的交流。微信是随身携带的"移动场景",通过日常生活的惯习性使用,建构了全球化时代的"实践的地方"感,人们通过多个"节点主体"实现在世存有。微信呈现了群体的共同在场,创造了人类社会一种崭新的"共在"感,在当前的中国社会状况中,构成了人们的"在世存有"。

Starting from the technology theories of existential phenomenology, this study criticizes new media research＇s assumptions to see technologies as means to ends and to regard social interactions as media＇s function, Based on the analyses of Wechat technologies, we draw on the theory of scenes, human geography and post-modern agency theory to examine how Wechat constitutes people＇s ＂dasein＂ in today＇s Chinese society. We propose that： Wechat is a portable ＂mobile situation＂ which cultivates a sense of place for practices via everyday habitual use in the globalization era. People realize their dasein by multiple ＂node agency＂. Wechat is not only links between individuals, or communication oriented towards consensus-building. It also facilitates the co-presence of groups and creates a novel sense of co- existence for human society.