虚幻、现实与数字鸿沟:“洞穴隐喻”下的元宇宙  

Illusion, Reality and Digital Divide: Metaverse under the “Cave Metaphor”

作　　者：石庆波 石开忠[1] Shi Qingbo;Shi Kaizhong(School of Sociology,Guizhou University for Nationalities,Guiyang 550025,Guizhou,China)

机构地区：[1]贵州民族大学社会学院,贵州贵阳550025

出　　处：《学术探索》2024年第1期44-50,共7页Academic Exploration

基　　金：2023年度贵州省哲学社会科学规划重点课题“贵州推进数字经济与乡村振兴融合发展研究”;2023年度贵州省教育厅高校人文社会科学研究项目(2023GZGXRW071);2022年度贵阳人文科技学院科研基金重大课题(2022RWJS001)。

摘　　要：元宇宙已经成为当下研究热点,但在社会学哲学交叉领域缺乏经典命题与当代最新发展之间的时空对话。本文引入古希腊柏拉图的“洞穴隐喻”,探讨元宇宙在社会领域的发展与影响。将“洞穴隐喻”及人类对元宇宙认知发展划分为三个阶段,洞中场景是虚幻的“现实”,洞外场景是现实的“虚幻”,返洞场景是数字鸿沟。基于符号互动论及群体思维论认为,面对元宇宙社会到来,不同的个体和群体往往陷入虚幻、现实的两端无法调和,进而形成一道难以逾越的数字鸿沟。应对元宇宙带来的新挑战,采取积极的措施来促进知识传播和社会认同势在必行:开启元宇宙开放对话之门,铸造元宇宙信息批判之剑,构建元宇宙多样繁荣之场,增强元宇宙多维互动之域,倡导元宇宙平台建设之责。The metaverse has become a research hotspot at present,but there is a lack of time-space dialogue between classical propositions and the latest development in the intersection of sociology and philosophy.This paper introduces Plato s“cave metaphor”in ancient Greece to explore the development and influence of the metaverse in the social field.The“cave metaphor”and the development of human cognition of the metaverse are divided into three stages.The scenes inside the cave are illusory“reality”,the scenes outside the cave are realistic“illusion”,and the scenes back to the cave are insurmountable digital gaps.Based on the symbolic interaction theory and group thinking theory,different individuals and groups often fall into the illusion and reality of irreconcilable ends when the metaverse society comes,thus forming an insurmountable digital divide.It is imperative to take positive measures to promote knowledge dissemination and social identity in response to the new challenges brought by the metaverse.

关 键 词：数字社会 数字鸿沟 洞穴隐喻 元宇宙 

分 类 号：G206[文化科学—传播学]