"I disagree!"

In the conference room of CNKI Communication Weekly, an editor slapped the table heavily.

In this conference room, there are some big names in the industry at this moment, as well as experienced old editors of CNKI Communication Weekly, each of whom is a cutting-edge person in the field of communication studies.

The articles that have been selected after the review have to be voted on by everyone, which is also a necessary procedure, and the rigor and authority of CNKI Weekly have also gone through so many procedures.

Of course, there was no such heated discussion at previous conferences, but today everyone is arguing because of one of the papers.

"Why not?"

Another female editor asked with a frown.

"This paper is completely technologically deterministic. ”

"What about technological determinism?"

"If you are technologically deterministic, you can't go to the publication, this direction is wrong!"

The old editor's face was full of anger and he knocked on the table: "Technical determinism has been refuted long ago, and the papers in this direction are all wrong. ”

"Lao Liang, you calm down first. ”

"I can't calm down about this. ”

Another editor also spoke: "Lao Liang, have you read this paper? I can say that he has put forward an extremely novel point of view, and it may even subvert some of the current views in the field of communication studies." ”

"No matter how novel my point of view is, I want to tell you that I don't agree with this, the general direction of technological determinism is wrong, even if it is a thesis that is correct, but how can a paper based on the general direction be wrong?"

"Yes, we all know that the mainstream view is interactionism, the previous technological determinism and scientific determinism are outdated, and interactionism is the right direction, I agree with Lao Liang's statement. ”

Another editorial opening.

"What's more, at the previous China Communication Studies Conference, it was said on relevant issues that some papers with wrong views should not be allowed to appear in weekly magazines, we are the leaders, we are the authorities, we must stifle some wrong views, and ensure the correctness of some academic workers, which is the role of academic gatekeepers we should play. ”

A relatively young editor pushed his glasses: "I don't agree with this point of view, first of all, our CNKI Weekly is the most influential weekly in the country, and its role and positioning should not be to eliminate wrong views, but to promote novel academic views and meaningful academic papers, rather than to exclude papers that do not meet the direction, which is not right, this is very problematic, and the role of gatekeepers is not such a gatekeeper."

Secondly, academics can not be biased, strictly speaking, there is no correct direction for academics, the truth we understand now may not be the truth in the future, I have read this paper, the quality level, even if everyone here looks at it, may not be comparable, such a high-level quality paper, why can't it be published in CNKI Weekly?"

"The last China Communication Conference clearly put forward and planned the mainstream direction. ”

"Lao Liang, I want to ask you something, how do you determine your weight when you weigh yourself?"

"Weights. ”

"So how do you know that this weight is accurate? Yes, now this weight is scientifically defined and processed, but what if this weight is wrong? Then don't you get the wrong weight?"

"Not bad. The previous female editor was also speaking, "The China Communication Conference did say the relevant mainstream direction, but the China Communication Conference may not be correct, there is no correct way to do academics, and besides, technological determinism may not be as superficial as we think." ”

"I think Lao Liang is right, technological determinism is outdated now, this direction is wrong, human beings, science, technology, these are all mutually influential, nothing can completely decide, this general direction is wrong. ”

In the entire editing room, there are arguments with each other, and these editors are basically arguing.

Basically, all the editors were divided into two factions, one group headed by Lao Liang, who absolutely could not publish this paper in a weekly magazine, while the other group held the opposite opinion, believing that this paper could be published in a weekly magazine.

All in all, the whole editorial room became a debate meeting.

"Forget it, if we continue to argue, we won't get a result, let's vote. ”

An hour later, an editor tugged at his collar, and he was quite hot and red-faced.

"Okay, vote. ”

"Those who support Lao Liang, please raise your hand, I'll count it. ”

Someone in the conference room suddenly raised their hand.

"If you support the publication of this paper, please raise your hand. ”

There were also people who raised their hands.

As a result, the female editor frowned at this statistic.

"How?"

Someone asked.

"At the moment, the voting statistics are exactly the same, they are all 10:10. ”

"Are you yourself counted?"

"Forget it. ”

At this moment, the twenty editors were embarrassed, they frowned, they didn't expect to get stuck here because of a paper.

"Why don't you send this paper to Mr. Tong for reading, and let him decide?"

An editorial opening.

Mr. Tong Lao is currently the only grandmaster-level communication master in the field of communication in China, and he is world-famous, in short, he has expanded the theory related to the digital divide, and his main research content is the communication of national image in the third world.

"Okay. ”

The rest agreed.

"Wait a minute. ”

The female editor sent McLuhan's paper on the spot, and even explained the reason for the incident.

After sending it, all that everyone needed to do was wait, but Mr. Tong also quickly sent an email to reply.

"What did Mr. Tong say?"

The female editor looked at everyone present and nodded: "Mr. Tong said that it can be sent." ”

At this time, the people present have no opinion, after all, Mr. Tong has said so, so it can naturally be published.

……

This controversy has also caused a small impact, and some scholars in the field of communication in the imperial capital also know about this matter, and even some bigwigs in the press industry have also learned a little.

This was an academic turmoil in the field of communication studies, which lasted for a few days.

Ren Feng naturally didn't know about this, and now that he had just arrived in the imperial capital, he immediately contacted Wu Li.

"Yo, the Grand Principal has arrived, wait, I'll pick you up. ”

"Why do you pick me up, give me a location, I'll take the subway by myself, it's better than you drive, right?"