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1、Asia-PacificReview,Vol.9,No.1,2002TheInformationRevolutionandAmericanSoftPowerJOSEPHS.NYEJR.*Theexplosionofinformationinthelastdecadehashadmoreofadecentralizingthanacentralizingeffectonsociety,saysJosephS.NyeJr.,DonK.PriceProfessorofPublicPolicyandDeanoftheJohnF.
2、KennedySchoolofGovernmentatHarvardUniversity.Inthefollowingarticle,Nyeexaminesthepossibleeffectsoftheinformationrevolutiononthedomesticandforeignpoliciesofgovernments,inparticulartheimpactonsoftpower—thepowerofpersuasionthroughideas,cultures,andpolicies.Foreignpo
3、licywillnolongerbethesoleprovinceofgovernmentsasthecentralityandfunctionsofthesovereignstatewillchangeandpoliticalinstitutionswillneedtoadapttothisbravenewworld.NyeconcludesthattheUShasanedgeinthecurrenteraofglobalizationbutitshouldbecarefulnottonegatethepositive
4、valuesofitssoftpowerbyactingunilaterallyorarrogantly.Theworldisstillatanearlystageofthecurrentinformationrevolution,anditseffectsoneconomicsandpoliticsareuneven.Aswithsteaminthelateeighteenthcenturyandelectricityinthelatenineteenth,productivitygrowthlaggedassocie
5、tyhadtolearntofullyutilizethenewtechnologies.1Socialinstitutionschangemoreslowlythantechnology.Forexample,theelectricmotorwasinventedin1881,butitwasnearlyfourdecadesbeforeHenryFordpioneeredthereorganizationoffactoriestotakefulladvantageofelectricpower.Computersto
6、dayaccountfor2percentofAmerica’stotalcapitalstock,but“addinalltheequipmentusedforgathering,processingandtransmittinginformation,andthetotalaccountsfor12percentofAmerica’scapitalstock,exactlythesameastherailwaysatthepeakoftheirdevelopmentinthelatenineteenthcentury
7、.Three-quartersofallcomputersareusedintheservicesectorsuchasfinanceandhealthwhereoutputisnotoriouslyhardtomeasure.”2TheincreaseinproductivityoftheUSeconomy3begantoshowuponlyasrecentlyasthemid-1990s.Theadventoftrulymasscommunicationsandbroadcastingacenturyago,whic
8、hwasfacilitatedbynewlycheapelectricity,providessomelessonsaboutpossiblesocialandpoliticaleffectstoday.Itusheredintheageofmasspopular4culture.Theeffectsofmassco
