The article revisits the theory of hybrid space and looks more closely at the process of integration of physical and virtual spaces. It argues that the formation of hybrid space is not unidirectional but cross-directional. It also aims to address some of the concerns raised by Humphreys about how studies on mobile social networks have mainly been location-based, while increasingly, the use of socializing apps is non-locative. This concern is addressed primarily by offering a non-location-based approach to study mobile spatiality and sociality. This approach involves studying spatial integration afforded by smartphone chat apps with their “ubiquitous connectivity, portability, and fluidity.” While content analysis showed that cross-directional hybrid space exists and that the elements from the physical space migrate to the virtual space, the use of space-event text matrix further helped in unraveling the nature of cross-directionality more closely.

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交叉方向混合空间：移动社交媒体研究的非定位方法

这篇文章重新审视了混合空间的理论，并更仔细地研究了物理空间和虚拟空间的整合过程。它认为混合空间的形成不是单向的，而是交叉的。它还旨在解决 Humphreys 提出的一些担忧，即移动社交网络的研究主要是基于位置的，而社交应用程序的使用越来越多地是非位置的。这个问题主要通过提供一种非基于位置的方法来研究移动空间性和社会性来解决。这种方法涉及研究智能手机聊天应用程序提供的空间整合，以及它们“无处不在的连接性、便携性和流动性”。虽然内容分析表明存在交叉方向的混合空间，并且物理空间的元素迁移到虚拟空间，