北美传播政治经济学思想渊源探析

An Inquiry into the Origin of North American Tradition of Political Economy of Communication

北美传播政治经济学流派的诞生受到了美国和世界范围内近现代各种思潮的影响。传播政治经济学思想最初来源于亚当·斯密和大卫·李嘉图的古典政治经济学;马克思主义和西方马克思主义对资本主义的怀疑和批判是传播政治经济学者从一而终的理论姿态;加拿大多伦多学派的技术批判直接启发了传播政治经济学的技术批判和社会批判;传播政治经济学还批判地继承了社会学传统和北美新闻传播研究,开辟了一条不同于传统传播经验研究的政治经济学路径。

The emergence of North American tradition of political economy of communication is influenced by different kinds of social thoughts in modern America and worldwide. The prime origin of political economy of com- munication is Adam Smith and David Ricardo＇ s classical political economy;Marxism and western Marxism＇s criti- cism to capitalism is the theoretical standpoint of political economy of communication all the time;Toronto School＇ s technology critique inspires directly the technology critique and social criticism of political economy of communica- tion ; also, political economy of communication inherits sociological tradition and joumalism studies in North America critically, thus establishing a unique political economy approach different from empirical communication studies.