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- 2019
埃里克·麦克卢汉媒介环境学研究述评
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Abstract:
摘要 不幸于2018年5月18日辞世的加拿大媒介环境学家埃里克·麦克卢汉,是一位享誉 国际、屡获殊荣的传播学者。或许是因为其父亲马歇尔·麦克卢汉太过耀眼,或许是因 为其学术研究建立在其父亲学识的基础上,他没有获得应有的学术尊重。其实,埃里克 在媒介环境学领域有着独创贡献,值得进行专门研究。在埃里克辞世一周年之后,本文 对其媒介环境学研究进行一番述评,以缅怀其功绩。本文认为,埃里克的主要业绩有: 分析了媒介环境学研究今后应关注的问题;与亚里士多德决定因果观相联系的媒介研 究,导向技术决定论“稻草人争论”的终结;积极参加学会事务,号召媒介环境学者立 即行动。
The international, renowned, award-winning Canadian media ecologist Eric McLuhan died on May 18, 2018 unfortunately. Perhaps because his famous father Marshall McLuhan, Eric didn't get proper academic respect. In fact, Eric made original contributions in media ecology. His work deserves special research. On the occasion of the frst anniversary of Eric's death, this article reviews his achievement of media ecology studies. This article believes that Eric's main achievement includes: analyzing issues that should be paid attention to in the future; combining media study of Aristotle's formal cause that would lead to the end of the “straw man argument” of technological determinism; and participating in MEA's affairs actively and calling on media ecologists to act immediately