摘要
帝国其实是一种权力的媒介。作为媒介,它对社会形态、社会心理都产生着深远的影响。伊尼斯在《帝国与传播》中所阐释的“媒介决定论”虽有不足之处,但在一定程度上反映出传播在国家发展壮大中的重要地位以及对于国家兴衰的重大影响。
Abstract
An Empire is a actually a kind of the power-media. As media, Communication makes great effect on social ideology and social Minds. Media determinism, illustrated in the book named Communication and An Empire by Harold Innis, has some shortcom- ings. But to some extent, the theory reflects the important role of the communication in the development of a country and great effect on the rise or decline of an empire.