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| 作為實踐的「開麥」：數字媒體生態下的聲音可見性體制及其文化秩序 |
| “Unmute” as Practice: The Regime of Acoustic Visibility and Its Cultural Order within Digital Media Ecology |
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| 作者 |
王茜 |
| Author |
Xi WANG |
| 關鍵詞 |
可見性、聲音、語音交流、數字媒體生態 |
| Keywords |
visibility, sound, voice chat, digital media ecology |
| 摘要 |
可見性的聲音之維何以可能？現有可見性研究存在明顯的視覺偏重，鑒於數字媒體生態的複雜結構與媒介感官的極大豐富，本研究嘗試超越視覺實踐的核心範疇，將「聲音」實踐作為考察可見性的一種創新視角。結合聲景和社會可見性理論，本研究將遊戲語音視為可供人們編輯自身可見性及其可見關係的微型意義裝置，採用深度訪談和參與式觀察的質性方法，探究「開麥」實踐的可見性意義以及「聲音可見性」的理論可能。研究發現，玩家的開麥實踐依循著審美化和關係管理的邏輯，在權力演繹的過程中表現為一種動態的「策略性可見」，玩家一邊通過「策略性可見」維持自我、關係和權力意義上的平衡，一邊卻也在對語音裝置的遙控中感受到某種失控和缺失。基於此，本文從「自我—關係—權力」三個維度提出一個可供理解和分析聲音可見性的理論框架，並進一步發展出「聲音可見性體制」的概念，以突破承認–控制、可見–不可見的二元闡釋框架，主張聲音是在人與社會技術綜合體互動所構成的可見性體制中得以可見的。可見性研究應回歸具體的技術環境和實踐情境，關係性、生態性地把握可見性的意義和權力問題。 |
| Abstract |
Existing studies of visibility exhibit a natural visual bias. Given the complex structure of the global digital media ecosystem and the rich diversity of human senses it cultivates, the present study seeks to move beyond the conventional focus on visual practices in visibility studies by theorizing sound as a novel medium of being “visible.” By integrating theories of soundscape and social visibility and employing qualitative methods such as in-depth interviews and participatory observations, this article takes the “unmute” figuration in online games as a micro-device, discovers how it enables players to curate their visibility and pursue personal goals, interprets the meaning of visibility ingrained in the practice of unmuting in gaming, and explores the theoretical potential of an “acoustic visibility” that is becoming empirically commonplace in the digital media ecosystem. The study finds that online game players use voice chat as a means of aestheticization and relationship management, which manifests a dynamic practice of strategic visibility in their intentional power performance and allows them to maintain a balance among different social forces. However, even while achieving that balance, online game players are also subjected to senses of unease and a loss of control. Based on the theorization described above, this article proposes a three-dimensional analytical framework for understanding acoustic visibility that centers on the interactions between self, relationships, and power. It further develops the concept of “regimes of acoustic visibility” as a way to transcend the binary oppositions of recognition versus control and visible versus invisible in traditional visibility studies and calls for constant returns to specific technological and practical contexts to achieve an “ecological” understanding of the power of visibility.
本文引用格式：
王茜（2026）。〈作為實踐的「開麥」：數字媒體生態下的聲音可見性體制及其文化秩序〉。《傳播與社會學刊》，第75 期，頁79–118。
Citation of This Article:
Wang, X. (2026). “Unmute” as practice: The regime of acoustic visibility and its cultural order within digital media ecology. Communication and Society, 75, 79–118. |
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