与时偕行:元宇宙的当下热点主题与未来关注领域

Current Hot Topics and Future Focus Areas of Metaverse

当我们谈到元宇宙的时候,是在谈论什么?元宇宙的相关话题,有清晰的分类吗?话题之间的联系与差别,在机构属性维度上有什么表现?进一步分析元宇宙的热点主题内容有利于对这些问题的思考。文章首先以信息计量分析为基础,运用LDA主题模型,分析我国学界与业界有关元宇宙话题内涵的异同。然后采用社会主体分析视角,以“研究-应用-治理”为主线,绘制“学界-业界-政府”三元视角下的元宇宙领域关注图,描述元宇宙的社会热点主题图景。最后聚焦元宇宙面向未来的3类热点研究方向:AIGC对内容生产环节中供需两侧的影响、人工智能伦理建设存在的问题和我国元宇宙生态治理思路可能的方向,旨在探寻元宇宙的更多可能。

What are people talking about when it comes to metaverse?Are the topics relating to metaverse well defined?What are the connections and differences between the topics on the dimension of institutional attributes?Further analysis of the hot topics about metaverse is conducive to the thoughts on such issues.Based on the theory of informetrics,this paper uses LDA topic model to explore the similarities and differences of the connotation of metaverse topics between academia and industry in China.From a perspective of social subject analysis,it presents a focus map in the field of metaverse from the standpoint of"academia-industry-government",focusing on"research,application and governance",to illustrate the social hotspots in the metaverse.It highlights the three important challenges facing future metaverse,i.e.the impact of AIGC on the supply and demand sides of content production,the problems existing in the development of artificial intelligence ethics,and the possible ideas for China’s governance of metaverse ecology,trying to explore the potentials of the metaverse.