显现的实体抑或意义的空间:反思传播学的媒介观  

Obvious Entity or Space of Meaning:A Reflection on the Concept of Media in Communication Studies

作　　者：胡翼青[1] HU Yiqing(school of journalism and communicatio)

机构地区：[1]南京大学新闻传播学院

出　　处：《国际新闻界》2018年第2期30-36,共7页Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication

摘　　要：种种迹象表明,传播学关于什么是本学科视野中的"媒介"的理解含混不清。即使从最粗疏的区分来看,它既可以被看作是一种显现的实体,也可以被看作是一种意义的空间。主流传播学就将媒介理解为像媒介组织那样的功能性实体,所以它不仅经常研究非传播的问题,而且还对真正的传播研究视而不见。媒介实体化的后果,是传播学学科身份危机最主要的原因之一。本文认为,如果在认识论上把媒介看作是一个意义汇集的空间,而在方法论上把媒介理解为一个抽象的隐喻,就会真正找到属于传播学的研究问题,从而重塑传播学的学科气质。Evidences indicate that the meaning of ＇media＇ is indistinct in the vision of the communication studies. Even to divide it in a careless way, the media could be understood as an obvious entity, or as a kind of space of meanings. Mainstream communication studies take media as a functional entity, such as a media organization. Thus, questions irrelevant to communication were studied frequently, while the true communication studies were ignored. So, the consequence of mediao bjectivization is one of the main reasons which lead to identity crisis of communication studies. This article argues that if media could be epistemologically seen as a space where meanings come together, and methodologically seen as an abstract metaphor, we＇ll find research questions that truly belong to communication studies, thereby reshape the quality of communication discipline.

关 键 词：实体 空间 媒介 传播学 

分 类 号：G206[文化科学—传播学]