Starting with newspapers, what we saw was high cost as an initial requirement for making information, knowledge and culture, which led to a stark bifurcation between producers -- who had to be able to raise financial capital, just like any other industrial organization -- and passive consumers that could choose from a certain set of things that this industrial model could produce.
先说报纸，为了传播信息、知识和文化，需要期初的大规模资本投入 这就导致了资讯生产者和资讯接受者这两个截然不同的群体 就像任何其他工业组织一样，资讯生产者是资本的所有者 就像任何其他工业组织一样，资讯生产者是资本的所有者 而消费者，作为被动的接收方，只能在工业模式所提供的有限几种产品中做选择 而消费者，作为被动的接收方，只能在工业模式所提供的有限几种产品中做选择