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Smartphones and the Perception of Space

Smartphones and the Perception of Space

Marilia Kaisar
Copyright: © 2022 |Volume: 11 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 13
ISSN: 2642-2263|EISSN: 2642-2271|EISBN13: 9781683183839|DOI: 10.4018/IJDIBE.301243
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Kaisar, Marilia. "Smartphones and the Perception of Space." IJDIBE vol.11, no.2 2022: pp.1-13. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJDIBE.301243

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Kaisar, M. (2022). Smartphones and the Perception of Space. International Journal of Digital Innovation in the Built Environment (IJDIBE), 11(2), 1-13. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJDIBE.301243

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Kaisar, Marilia. "Smartphones and the Perception of Space," International Journal of Digital Innovation in the Built Environment (IJDIBE) 11, no.2: 1-13. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJDIBE.301243

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Abstract

The networked human moves across the city while consuming and reproducing representations of the places it encounters. This paper investigates how human engagement with the smartphone has created a shift in perception and embodiment that affects the relationship between the moving body and the city through rituals performed in everyday life. The smartphone becomes a pivotal point between the physical and virtual worlds, allowing the user to access and interfere with physical and virtual layers of space, continually transforming how the public understands the city. This paper uses media studies theory to read how the smartphone operates as an always-available extension of the body that functions as a screen, a camera, a map, and a small computer. In a new, data-enhanced world that has emerged, storytelling and the circulation of representations of the surrounding space affect the experience of the city. This paper explores how informational flows create new topologies, new embodied experiences, and new futures for cities.

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