在有关传播与技术关系的文论中，我们常常可以看到技术对传播形式、传播观念乃至传播内容的影响和促进作用的讨论，却很少看到传播促进技术发展的分析。这种研究的失衡，无形中强化了技术对传播的推动作用，而传播对技术的作用被忽略了。其实，传播对技术的推动作用在媒介历史 In the literary theory about the relationship between communication and technology, we can often see the discussion on the influence and promotion of technology on the form of communication, the concept of communication and even the content of communication. However, we rarely see the analysis of the effect of communication on the development of technology. The unbalance of such studies virtually reinforces the impetus of technology on communication, and the effect of communication on technology is neglected. In fact, the role of communication in promoting technology in media history