Visions of media spanning the globe and connecting cultures have been around at least since the birth of telegraphy, yet they have always fallen short of realities. Nevertheless, with the internet, a global infrastructure has emerged, which, together with mobile and smartphones, has rapidly changed the media landscape. This far-reaching digital connectedness makes it increasingly clear that the main implications of media lie in the extent to which they reach into everyday life. This article puts this reach into historical context, arguing that, in the pre-modern period, geographically extensive media networks only extended to a small elite. With the modern print revolution, media reach became both more extensive and more intensive. Yet it was only in the late nineteenth century that media infrastructures penetrated more widely into everyday life. Apart from a comparative historical perspective, several social science disciplines can be brought to bear in order to understand the ever more globalizing reach of media infrastructures into everyday life, including its limits. To date, the vast bulk of media research is still concentrated on North America and Europe. Recently, however, media research has begun to track broader theoretical debates in the social sciences, and imported debates about globalization from anthropology, sociology, political science, and international relations. These globalizing processes of the media research agenda have been shaped by both political developments and changes in media, including the Cold War, decolonization, the development of the internet and other new media technologies, and the rise of populist leaders.

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使媒体历史化，使媒体研究全球化：基础设施、公众和日常生活

至少自电报诞生以来，媒体跨越全球和连接文化的愿景就一直存在，但它们始终未能实现。然而，随着互联网的出现，全球基础设施已经出现，与移动和智能手机一起，迅速改变了媒体格局。这种影响深远的数字连接越来越清楚地表明，媒体的主要影响在于它们进入日常生活的程度。本文将这种影响置于历史背景中，认为在前现代时期，地理上广泛的媒体网络只扩展到少数精英。随着现代印刷革命，媒体的影响力变得更加广泛和密集。然而，直到 19 世纪后期，媒体基础设施才更广泛地渗透到日常生活中。除了比较历史视角之外，还可以运用一些社会科学学科，以了解媒体基础设施在日常生活中日益全球化的影响，包括其局限性。迄今为止，大部分媒体研究仍集中在北美和欧洲。然而，最近，媒体研究开始追踪社会科学中更广泛的理论辩论，并从人类学、社会学、政治学和国际关系中引入有关全球化的辩论。媒体研究议程的这些全球化进程受到政治发展和媒体变化的影响，包括冷战、非殖民化、互联网和其他新媒体技术的发展，以及民粹主义领导人的崛起。为了了解媒体基础设施对日常生活的日益全球化的影响，包括其局限性，可以运用几个社会科学学科。迄今为止，大部分媒体研究仍集中在北美和欧洲。然而，最近，媒体研究开始追踪社会科学中更广泛的理论辩论，并从人类学、社会学、政治学和国际关系中引入有关全球化的辩论。媒体研究议程的这些全球化进程受到政治发展和媒体变化的影响，包括冷战、非殖民化、互联网和其他新媒体技术的发展，以及民粹主义领导人的崛起。为了了解媒体基础设施对日常生活的日益全球化的影响，包括其局限性，可以运用几个社会科学学科。迄今为止，大部分媒体研究仍集中在北美和欧洲。然而，最近，媒体研究开始追踪社会科学中更广泛的理论辩论，并从人类学、社会学、政治学和国际关系中引入有关全球化的辩论。媒体研究议程的这些全球化进程受到政治发展和媒体变化的影响，包括冷战、非殖民化、互联网和其他新媒体技术的发展，以及民粹主义领导人的崛起。