A face‐to‐face social interaction entails that the two social interactants are in close proximity to one another. The traditional network of socialization is bounded by the confines of time and space. The cell phone is unique because it is a social network that is not bounded by the confines of space.
Zygmunt Bauman suggests that “modern society is characterized by power that has become truly exterritorial, no longer bound, not even slowed down, by the resistance of space. Social networks, blogs, websites and the entirety of the Internet are the most recent examples of time and space compression. The compression of time and space create fractal value systems and hyperarchitectures that are characterized by the automatic production of space. Each iteration of speed creates a faster culture. Vehicles reduce the time and space needed to transport goods. The Internet compresses time and space of the mental arena.
Time space compression vs convergence free#
The Railway Journey by Henry Shivelbush is an excellent resource on understanding how time and space compression alter how work, free time, and community forms, grows and dies. Time and space were first compressed when trains begin to drive through human geography. The concept is important when considering changes in culture and structure, especially transit and value production.
Time and space compression is a phrase used to describe the decreasing space between people and ideas.
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