Abstract The status of the field of media and communication studies has been debated globally and domestically. This study covers virtually all agents (N=254) in the Swedish field of media and communication studies and draws on Pierre Bourdieu's sociology of science to uncover the main hierarchies in the field. The study focuses on two main divisions. Like in most fields, the most prevalent division is found between the field's incumbents and the challengers/newcomers. A parallel, albeit less prevalent, division is an onto-epistemological one – a variant of the old cleavage between “critical” and “administrative” research. The field's power elite is almost exclusively male, and connected to the field's pioneering institutions.

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建立与新来者，关键与行政？

摘要媒体传播学研究领域的现状已在全球和国内引起争论。这项研究几乎涵盖了瑞典媒体和传播研究领域的所有代理人（N = 254），并借鉴了Pierre Bourdieu的科学社会学来揭示该领域的主要层次。该研究集中在两个主要方面。像在大多数领域中一样，在该领域的现任者和挑战者/新来者之间发现了最普遍的区分。并行的划分（虽然不那么普遍）是一种本体论上的划分，这是“批判性”研究与“行政性”研究之间的古老分歧的一种变体。该领域的权力精英几乎完全是男性，并与该领域的先驱机构建立了联系。