媒介全球化数字时代的人际关系、亲密关系和自我

Interpersonal Relationship,Intimacy,and the Self in a Digital Age of Media Globalization

在经典互动论看来,面对面式人际关系拥有不可置疑的本体论必然性。即使在这样一个由去身性话语和媒介关系所构成的全球性数字化世界中,主体在童年时期建立本体论安全感的关键依旧是具身的“重要他者”的存在。对成年人而言,“共同在场”可能是亲密关系的既不必要也不充分条件,然而,缺乏“具身性共在”也可能是发展和维系亲密关系的重大阻碍。此外,数字技术的影响并非由技术本身所决定,而是在日常生活与技术的交互作用中产生。亲友之间的行为、友谊和家庭生活的传统改变了数字通信的性能,反过来,数字通信技术也辩证地作用于亲密关系,尤其受影响的是两性关系和代际关系的沟通模式。网络性爱虽然创造了一种想象的身体亲密,但通常依照的还是传统的性别剧本,人们时常在其中体验到的是游戏和幻想,而不是真诚的个性和亲密的关联。

In classical interactionism, face-to-face interpersonal relationship is undoubtedly of ontological necessity. In today’s globalized, digitalized world consisted of disembodied discourses and mediated relationships, the key for the subject to obtain ontological security in childhood is still the existence of the embodied significant other. For adults, co-presence may be neither necessary nor sufficient for intimacy, yet the lack of embodied co-presence may also be a significant impediment to the development and sustenance of intimate relationships. Moreover, the effects of digital technology are not determined by the technology itself, but rather by the interaction between everyday life and technology. The interactions between and bonds shared by friends and family and the traditions of family life change the performance of digital communication, while digital communication acts dialectically on intimate relationships, particularly on the communication patterns of romantic and intergenerational relationships. Cybersex creates an imaginary physical intimacy, yet is usually based on the traditional gender script. In cybersex, people experience games and fantasies rather than genuine individuality and intimacy.