<正>JohnB.ThompsonisProfessorofSociologyattheUniversityofCambridgeandFellowofJesusCollege,Cambridge.Heresearchinterestsrangefromcontemporarysocialandpoliticaltheory,sociologyofthemediaandmodernculture,thesocialorganizationofthemediaindustries,thechangingstructureofthebookpublishingindustry,thesocialandpoliticalimpactofinformationandcommunicationtechnologies,tothechangingformsofpolitical