The Reciprocity between Technical Progress and Cultural Reproduction: an Analysis Based on Printing and We Media

Ma Xiaole, Ning Jiming

Technical progress improves the capacity of cultural reproduction. At various historical periods and in different social levels, the innovation represented by printing and We Media realizes the increase of total cultural amount and optimization of cultural structure, speeds up cultural transmission, breaks cultural concentration and monopoly, promotes cultural popularization and sharing, drives cultural communication and talent competition, creates organizations of cultural production, advances the accomplishment of cultural reproducers, optimizes human capital of cultural reproduction, increases capital stock of social culture, lays the foundation for the transformation of cultural resource to cultural capital, and instills energy into cultural innovation and social progress.