1919—1921年杜威在华讲学期间多次论及传播的重要性,他把自由传播视为民主制度的根本特征,分析了落后的交通状况和等级观念对社会交往的阻碍作用,对白话文运动表示同情和支持。因此杜威的这次讲学活动,不仅向当时的中国听众介绍了他的实用主义哲学思想,也实现了其传播观念在中国的首次大规模传播。然而遗憾的是由于翻译的问题以及学科之间的隔阂,杜威在华讲演中的传播论述尚未引起足够重视。 During his 1919-1921 lecture in China, Dewey talked about the importance of communication on many occasions. He regarded free communication as the fundamental characteristic of democratic system, analyzed the impeding effect of backward traffic condition and hierarchy on social interaction, Compassion and support. Therefore, Dewey’s lecturing activities not only introduced his pragmatism philosophy to the Chinese audience at that time, but also realized the first large-scale dissemination of his ideas on communication in China. However, due to the problem of translation and the gap between disciplines, it is regrettable that the dissertation on Dewey’s speech in China has not drawn enough attention.