This Special Issue examines the relationship between imaginaries and infrastructures. Through a specific focus on the Asian region, the four articles contained herein demonstrate how these imaginaries span, transform and proliferate various boundaries. They also create new regimes of visibility and present a range of ethical dimensions for those who use them and the companies and governments that regulate the infrastructures. These include dating and video sharing apps, digital money transactions and diverging historical accounts of communications technologies. Such diverse examples demonstrate how media infrastructures and the media content they carry enable the production of imaginaries and meaning.

本期特刊探讨了想象与基础设施之间的关系。通过对亚洲地区的特别关注，本文包含的四篇文章展示了这些想象如何跨越、转变和扩散各种边界。它们还创建了新的可见性制度，并为使用它们的人以及监管基础设施的公司和政府提供了一系列道德维度。其中包括约会和视频共享应用程序、数字货币交易和通信技术的不同历史记录。如此多样的例子展示了媒体基础设施及其承载的媒体内容如何能够产生想象和意义。