While cars, by definition and necessity, have always been (auto)mobile, they are not often considered, or studied, as media. In light of this, the present article seeks to elucidate the technological, political, and economic forces that have converged to transform cars into mobile spatial media. This article provides a framework to contextualize the nodal role of navigation in creating the conditions for a large-scale disruption in automobile technologies with potentially far-reaching impacts: autonomous navigation. The arguments at the core of this article bring together, and build on, recent theoretical developments in (a) locative media, (b) automobiles as mobile media, and (c) new mapping technologies, practices, and spatial media to provide a coherent perspective of cars as mobile spatial media. Informed by a geographical political economy of navigation, this perspective contributes to our understanding of cars in the context of digital and informational capitalism as these vehicles undergo qualitative transformations catalyzed by increased digital interconnections and comprehensive automation.

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汽车如何成为移动空间媒体：车载导航的地理政治经济学

虽然根据定义和必要性，汽车一直是（汽车）移动的，但它们并不经常被视为或研究为媒体。有鉴于此，本文试图阐明融合将汽车转变为移动空间媒体的技术、政治和经济力量。本文提供了一个框架，将导航在为汽车技术的大规模破坏创造条件方面的节点作用情境化，并具有潜在的深远影响：自主导航。本文的核心论点汇集并建立在 (a) 定位媒体，(b) 汽车作为移动媒体，以及 (c) 新的地图技术、实践和空间媒体的最新理论发展之上，以提供连贯的汽车作为移动空间媒体的视角。