請幫我翻譯一段英文(出自《大眾傳播理論》原文書)

Question

"The important if obvious point that the media are not constant as a potential influence, over time and between places, is often overlooked in the search for generalization."

事實上，
這是馬奎爾．大眾傳播理論第四百二十二頁的某一段話（英文第四版），
好心人幫我翻一下好嗎？
我真的看不懂耶

感謝以下回答者
但是您所翻出的這幾句的中文意思我並不了解
仍然期待強者更流暢的翻譯！

Answer 1

The important if obvious point that the media are not constant as a potential influence, over time and between places, is often overlooked in the search for generalization."
ㄉ意思是

重要如果明顯的點媒介不是恆定的如同潛在的影響, 隨時間並且在地方之間, 經常被忽略在查尋概念化。

Answer 2

如果沒有足夠的前文﹐甚至後文可以參考的話﹐光看這一句是很難翻的

Answer 3

媒體不常發生一些潛在的影響經常會被認為常發生 像是 超時 地點之間