连接的想象:国际传播中电信基础设施的深层逻辑考察

Imagined Connection:A Conceptual Exploration of the Fundamental Logic of Telecommunications Infrastructure in International Communication

当前,基于电信基础设施建构的网络和数字空间深度嵌合社会发展,正成为各国地缘政治博弈的新平台。本研究以传播政治经济学视角,对话经验性材料,对电信的基础设施及其背后的技术、资本与权力要素进行中观层面的探讨,进一步探索其物质性连接与社会性连接勾连所映射的国际传播深层逻辑。本研究认为:(1)技术的市场参与和公共属性使电信基础设施处于政治、资本流动的十字路口,成为参与信息传播服务和国际传播秩序建构的重要因素;(2)南北异质情景中形成的霸权与崛起两种资本逻辑,通过全球化发展的逆差资本影响国际传播的新秩序生产;(3)权力博弈建构着技术的正向发展路径,并在技术竞合中隐匿着差序层级和不平等。

The deep integration of telecommunications infrastructure-based networks and digital space is becoming a new platform for geopolitical competitio among countries.This paper employs a political economy of communication perspective to delve into the intricate interplay between telecommu-nications infrastructure and its foundational components of technology,capital,and influence on a meso-level.This exploration is facilitated through a dialogue with empirical evidence,aiming to unveil the concealed international communication dynamics embodied in both its material aspects and Sociality.The study argues that,(1)The market participation of telecommunications infrastructure technology and its inherent public attributes place it in the middle ground of political and capital flows,making it an essential factor in participating in information communication services and constructing international communication order.(2)The operation of telecommunications infrastructure encompasses two distinct capital logics,characterized by hegemony and ascension,within the diverse landscapes of the North-South divide,affecting the reproduction of international communication orders through the influence of deficit capital in the globalization development.(3)The power game constructs the path of technological advancement,concealing the hierarchical disparities and inequalities within the competitive landscape of technology.