编者按:近代报刊不仅是资讯的载体,还是西学氛围下开启民智的重要媒介,且承载了文人论政的言说方式。在研究思路上,应将报刊视作载体,而不局限于报刊内容的分析。报刊作为载体,其本身有经营与销售等问题。报刊活动也可视作资讯传播,所谓传播则属于行为科学的研究范畴。传播不等于写新闻,不能仅仅拘泥新闻文本上的遣词造句等。传播涉及内容,又与技术相关。由此看来,考察近代 Editor’s Note: Modern newspapers and periodicals are not only the carrier of information, but also the important medium for opening up people’s wisdom under the atmosphere of Western learning. They also carry the way of talking about politics by scholars. In the research ideas, newspapers and newspapers should be regarded as a carrier, not limited to the analysis of newspaper content. Newspapers as a carrier, its own management and sales and other issues. Newspaper activities can also be regarded as information dissemination, the so-called communication belongs to behavioral science research. Spread does not mean writing news, can not just rigidly adhere to the news text on the words and sentences. Dissemination involves content and is technology related. Seen in this light, examine modern times