公共与私人:数字时代阅读的边界与趋向

Public and Private:The Boundaries and Trends of Reading in the Didital Age

对公共与私人生活边界的强调与平衡,是现代社会的重要标识。阅读作为日常生活实践的“焦点”与“基础面”,建构、推动并促成公共与私人之间的平衡,也成为探讨数字时代阅读在平衡公共与私人生活的历史经验、现实困境、价值取向及未来导向的基础。公共生活的私人化、私人生活的公共化都是数字时代典型的公私失衡现象,而阅读作为重要的日常生活实践,只有厘清自身公与私的边界、建立阅读者的主体性,才有可能真正维系公共与私人的平衡。

An essential characteristic of contemporary society is the attention and harmony placed on the line separating private and public life.Reading develops,supports,and enables the balance between public and private as the"focus point"and"faundation"of daily life practices.This essay examines the historical experience,practical issues,value orientation,and potential directions of reading in the digital age in terms of striking a balance between the public and the private.The paper contends that a typical public-private imbalance in the digital age is the privatization of the public life and the publicity of the private life,and that reading,as a crucial daily activity,can only truly maintain the balance between the public and the private if it first establishes the subjectivity of the reader and clarifies the boundary between the public and the private.