詹妮特·瓦斯科:新闻不是言之无物的信息碎片——数字信息霸权批判

Janet Wasko: News is not Fragmentated Empty W ords-A Critical Analysis of DigitalInformation Hegemony

本文通过深度访谈,对知名传播政治经济学学者、国际媒介与传播研究学会(IAMCR)主席詹妮特·瓦斯科的学术思想进行梳理和分析,并重点考察她从政治经济学视角出发对数字新闻的核心概念和基本理念的重新界定与批判性理解。在瓦斯科看来,研究者对于技术对新闻的影响应当抱持谨慎的态度,数字新闻从业者应当警惕超级互联网平台的信息霸权,新闻受众(消费者)则应当有意识地追求新闻的公正性而非沉迷于"客观"的神话。

Through in-depth interviews,this article combs and analyzes thoughts of Janet Wasko,a well-know n communication political economist and chairwoman of the International Assocation of Medi«i and Communication Research(IAMCR),with focus on her theorization of digital journalism from the perspective of political economy.In Wasko's view,scholars should be cautious about the impact of technology on news,the practitioners in the digital joumalism industry should be alert to the information hegemony of the super Internet platfonns,and news audiences(consumers)should consciously pursue the fairness of news instead being addicted to the"objective"myth.