意见领袖是指在人际传播网络中经常将信息提供给其他受众,并对他人施加影响的人。目前,信息技术的出现不仅改变了人际传播的基础性定义,也改变了意见领袖概念的核心内涵。论文采用历史分析法,对“意见领袖”关键概念的历史溯源、重大发展以及当下转型进行了详细的论述。研究发现,在当今社交媒体、大数据和云计算等新的时代背景下,意见领袖呈现出“中介化”、商业化、职业化和群体化的趋势,在商业领域还出现了关键“意见领袖”。
Opiniontechnology changesleader is the one who provides information and affects audience. At present, informationboth the basic definition of interpersonal communication and the core connotation of opinionleader. By historical analysis, the origin, the development and the current transformation of opinion leader aretraced. The result shows that under the context of social media, big data and cloud computing, opinion leaderpresents the characteristics of mediated, commercial, professional, and collective trends and there are key opin-ion leaders in the commercial field.