As to the concepts of space, physical space and psychological space have exhibited a serious dichotomy. The modern broadcast media have made us neighbors with the ends of the earth, but interpersonal relationships have become more distant by the day. Neighbors might live at opposite ends of the earth for all they have to do with one another.
在空間觀念上，物理空間與心理空間也有嚴重的矛盾，透過現代傳播媒體，天涯若比鄰早已實現，但人際關係卻日漸疏遠，比鄰而居，平日不相往來，使「比鄰若天涯」的現象逐漸普遍。