中国杂志的兴起

杂志这一现代传媒在中国兴起和繁荣的原因很值得探讨。近代印刷业的发展是技术基础,近代社会的动荡不安以及知识分子对启蒙武器的寻求是社会基础,西学东渐以及新学的兴起为其做了主体方面的准备,近代都市的发展则为杂志提供了大量的消费者。

THE RISE OF CHINESE MAGAZINES

In an attempt to reconstruct the early history of magazine industry in China, this study, by examining the rise of the industry and analyzing its technological, social and intellectual environment, argues for the ground on which the industry was originated and flowering. It suggests that the modern printing technology laid a foundation for the industry; the social turbulence and the pursuit for enlightenment among intellectuals were its social stimuli; the Western influence, including the rise of Western-style education and scholarship, prepared the talents; and China's urbanization produced consumers for industry..