问:从您1997年提出“本体意识”到现在已经过去了十年。但从您的历史回顾中看,其实早在之前十几年就已经有了“本体意识”的萌芽了。宁:更准确地说,关于新闻史研究要寻求自身特性,我早在1981年一篇题为《中国新闻事业史研究方法的若干问题》[1]的文章中就已经有过论述,只是当时还没有明确使用“本体意识”这个概念。有这个想法是受到王中的启发,他多次和我讨论过新闻史研究特性的问题。 Q: Ten years have passed since you proposed “Ontology Consciousness” in 1997. However, from your historical review, in fact, as early as a dozen years ago, there has been a “self-awareness” of the bud. Ning: To be more precise, regarding the study of history of news that seeks its own characteristics, I already talked about it in an article entitled “Problems in the Study of the History of Chinese Journalism History” [1] in 1981, except that The concept of “ontology awareness” has not been explicitly used yet. Having this idea inspired by the king, he has discussed with me many times the characteristics of the history of news history.