网络冰箱的传播学解读

数字技术的发展使IT与家电之间的界限逐渐变得模糊,一种作为计算机、通信与消费类电子产品三者融合的信息家电产品——网络冰箱开始走进人们的生活,成为家庭的网络终端。网络冰箱至今经历了食品需求为主和以信息需求为主的两个阶段。在后一阶段,网络冰箱已经具有了媒介形态的特征,在传播界面、传播信息的内容、传播方式上都有着与以往媒介不同的特点,不仅为人们提供了获取信息的新途径,也扩展了人们的休闲时间,改变了家庭的空间构成和社会功能,同时引起社会生存方式的变革。而随着数字技术的进一步发展,家庭中的其他物品都可能因数字技术的应用而成为智能化、网络化的媒介,从而构成一个媒介化家庭环境,人们将进入一种媒介化生存状态,人与人之间的交流会变得更加自由与和谐。

The Communication Decipherment of Network Refrigerator

With the development of digital technology,the boundary becomes vague between IT and appliance.As an electronic information product of combined IT,communication and consumption,network refrigerator comes into people's life and becomes the terminal of family network.This paper reviews the development of network refrigerator and combs the process of technology development,giving a summary of two stages including one mainly meets food need,the other mainly meets information need.In the latter stage,it is characterized as media by the communication interface,the information content of communication and ways to communicate,which is totally different from traditional media.Not only does it provides a new way to gain information but also enhances the quality of people's leisure time and changes the space structure of family and social function,which leads to the transform in ways of social life.