Abstract:

The debates on editing force mainly base on four different perspectives. From the perspective of productive force and production relation, it’s a kind of productive force. From the perspective of dissemination of information, it’s  a kind of communicating influence. From the perspective of media competing, it’s a kind of core competency. From the perspective of editor’s occupation accomplishment, it’s a kind of comprehensive capability. The debates deepen the identification of editor’s role and the understanding of editing activities. The debates also advance the further development of redactology and point out the direction of the development of editing force. Essentially, editing force is the initiative of the editor based on the editing activities and its ecological environment. The research of editing force should not only meet the needs of current development of editing activities, but also enhance the practice of editing.