任何一种新媒介,在给人类带来巨大的收益的同时,也必然具有负面效应,这是媒介环境学的研究者审视媒介技术进步的一个基本立足点。通常,他们更热衷于聚焦负面效应,即主要不是通过对技术进步的辉煌之阐释而是通过对辉煌背后之阴影———技术进步对文化是否造成伤害———的剖析来 Any kind of new media, while bringing enormous benefits to mankind, will inevitably have negative effects. This is a basic standpoint for media environmental researchers to examine the progress of media technology. Often, they are more keen on focusing on the negative side effects, not primarily through an analysis of the glorious advances in technology, but through the shadow behind brilliance - whether technological advances hurt cultures