想像力研究對資訊傳播學域的啓發

國內資訊傳播學域方興未艾，正因為具有資訊、傳播、設計、圖資等跨領域特質，而且是一個發展未歷20年的新興學域，至今其學術研究仍多以各單一領域出發為主，少見統整性的宏觀論述，亦欠缺對想像或創意等較虛無議題的深究。不過，諸此議題不但對資訊傳播學域的發展重要，更對跨領域人才培育有非常深遠的影響。為彌補此一缺憾，本文嘗試以資訊傳播學域發展為基礎，導入想像力研究，探索融合與突破的可能性。本文首先回顧資訊傳播學域的發展，再論想像力相關研究，並以「對資訊傳播學域研究的想像」為題總結本文主張。

關鍵字

想像；資訊傳播；研究議題

並列摘要

Information Communication has become an ascendant field in the domestic academia. Because its novelty and its cross-field attribute, few academic endeavors have been put on the macro and integrated perspective. Not much research has concerns with the talent development of this field, especially in the area of illusory-like topics, such as imagination and creativity. These topics, however, are not only critical to the field of Information Communication, but also would have a profound influence on the cross-field talent development. On the basis of the development of Information Communication, this study is the effort of exploring the possibility to make a breakthrough by bringing in the imagination studies in order to narrow down the identified gap. First, this study reviews the field of Information Communication and the development of domestic related academia. The relevant studies of imagination and imaginative education are then introduced. The paper is wrapped up by providing a critical reflection on the issue how imagination studies would inspire research in the field of Information Communication.