媒介生态与技术垄断——尼尔·波兹曼的技术垄断批判

Media Ecology and Technopoly:Neil Postman's Critique on Technopoly

尼尔.波兹曼的媒介生态学重点探讨媒介的结构和影响,特别强调传播如何影响了更为重要的文化惯例。作为媒介生态学的重要理论构成,技术垄断尤其关注媒介技术对当代文化的影响与控制。尼尔.波兹曼从纵向和横向的角度阐述了技术垄断的形成及其表现特征,并由此形成了自身的技术垄断批判。

Nell Postman＇s media ecology discusses the medium structure and its influence, and emphasizes how communication affects the more important cultural convention. As an important part of the media ecology, the theory of technopoly stresses on the technology, especially media technology＇s infection and control on the contemporary culture. Neil Postman analyzes technopoly＇s formation and characteristics, and, on this foundation, forms his own critique on technopoly.