当代美国人际传播学的发展与趋势

The Development and Trend of Interpersonal Communication Studies in Contemporary America

自20世纪60年代末以来,人际传播学作为美国传播研究的一个重要组成部分,经历了初创、基本形成和不断丰富的历程。伴随着学科建设和社会需要的呼应关系,众多理论开始进入人们视野,并且对当代社会生活产生了越来越明显的影响。针对中国传播学研究在整体上尚未对国外人际传播学的研究成果给予足够重视的情况,2006年,我们通过电子邮件对美国相关学者进行了调查和访谈。目的是希望立足当代,通过最新的资料,围绕美国人际传播学及深受其影响的国际人际传播学的研究对象,在发展脉络、基本理论和方法、相关问题以及未来趋势等方面获得印象,并建立理解、分析和借鉴的基础。

Since the 1960s and 1970s, as a rather new and important part of communication studies in America, the field of interpersonal communication has experienced the process of emergence and development. In 2006, in order to better understand this new area, through more than two hundred e-mails, we interviewed and had discussions with relevant American scholars. This paper draws several conclusions and makes an informative analysis, which, we hope, will provide some constructive suggestions for the study of communication in our country.