Title: Spatial Research in the Platform Society: A Study of Spatial Practices among Ride-Hailing Drivers and People with Disabilities
Time: May 15, 2025, 16:10-18:00
Venue: Room 319, Teaching Building II, Xianlin Campus
Speaker: Xu Jing, PhD in Communication Studies from Fudan University, Associate Professor and Master’s Supervisor at the School of Journalism and New Media, Xi’an Jiaotong University.
Moderator: Wu Weiyi, Associate Professor at the School of Arts, Nanjing University.
Content Summary:
The lecture will begin with a critical communication studies perspective on spatial research, presenting two case studies. The first examines the spatial practices formed among ride-hailing drivers, mobile navigation systems, and platform interfaces, and how these practices operate within broader urban spatial frameworks. The second study extends this spatial framework to explore how new media technologies mediate the spatial perception of people with disabilities, shedding light on the transformation of their embodied experience and mobility in digital and physical environments.
