2016年的新媒体研究，一方面与技术同步，“大数据”、“云计算”、“物联网”、“人工智能”等技术发展的热点同步呈现为研究的热门领域，引领新媒体研究的不断深入；另一方面，整体呈现出多元化与精细化的特点，或针对某一热点问题采取不同研究路径与研究取向，或基于某一具体问题和具体案例展开深入挖掘，力求以严谨的方法对新媒体现象做出精确而细致的描述。此外，“万物皆媒”的泛媒时代的来临、媒介的泛化，不仅为新媒体研究提供了新的研究对象和研究领域，更带来了对既有理论和研究范式的冲击。于是，在“技术”这个关键词之下，学人们在诸多层面展开反思，并期冀以此带来研究范式上的创新和突破，乃至推动整个新闻与传播学科的发展与进步。

New Media Research of 2016, on the one hand, synchronize with technology like Big Data, cloud computing, IoT, and artifcial intelligence, the process of synchronization also guides further development of the research itself. On the other hand, the research shows a diversifed and refned characteristic which takes a different research approach and orientation, digs deep into a specifc problem or case and strives to make an accurate and detailed description of the new media phenomenon. In addition, the pan-media time is coming when everything may become media, the generalization of media not only provides new research subjects and research felds for new media research, but also brings great impact on the existing theories and research paradigms. Therefore, scholars begin to re?ect on the keyword of "technology", hoping to bring innovation and breakthrough in research paradigm, and fnally promoting the development of the discipline of journalism and communication.