定位:媒介化理论的象限与流派

Positioning:Quadrans and Schools of Mediatization Theory

媒介化理论一直试图对宏观与微观、抽象与具体、过去和当下的媒介现象进行整体的解释,然而这种理想很难在一种理论中实现,媒介化理论也因此演化出多种取向。本文梳理了媒介化的四种取向,以界定性——敏感性、抽象性——具体性两种标准重新对各取向进行定位,明确了各取向分别在什么维度下延伸了媒介化研究,也分辨了不同的研究问题应当在何种层次下被理论关照,这或许能为当前各家争鸣的媒介化研究现状提供一个具有参考意义的整体框架。

Meidatization theory determins to give a overall explaination of medialized society by interconnetcting both macroscopic and microcosmic,abstract and conceret,current and past views.But only one single theory can not cover them all.So,there are several branches growing out form the main theory.This article sorts out four schools of mediatization theory and repositions them in a two-dementional coordinate which is constructed by definitive-sentitizing,abstract-concrete axes.This effort aims to provide an overall frame which is used to clarify the interests of different schools of meditization theory and what kinds of issues should be concerned by each ones.