Deepen journalism and sociology research in the new media era

Journalism sociology is based on the relationship between journalism and the relationship between its media and society. News sociology needs to have an objective and scientific understanding of news communication and society, and then torture the most basic element of the news media -people, to explore the news media and the public, social conflicts, social fairness and security, The relationship between values ​​and other specific issues. At the same time, journalism sociology also needs to study how the society promotes, standardize and guide news dissemination and its medium.

News communication is part of the existence and activities of human life. News communication and news media should care for people, reflect people, and service people, including reflecting the existence and activities of people's cultural life, to meet the needs of people's information and spiritual and cultural needs, explore the survival of people, their meaning, human value and their realization, and their realization. Actions establish a certain value orientation. Journalism Sociology breaks through the tradition of news communication in the past, focusing on news communication activities and human society, focusing on discussing the relationship between news communication and its media, social systems, public, and social development. Michael Schudeson, a professor at the School of Journalism of Columbia University, opposed the trend of the American academic circles that regarded journalism as a branch of communication, and believed that this would make journalists narrowing and ignored the perspective provided by other disciplines. He believes that "journalists are always full of extensive interest in the external world, and those who study journalists and journalists should be the same. Just as pure intellectuals should be placed outside the society to study social problems. Those should also let themselves jump out of the journalism and observe from a higher place. "

Journalism and sociology are the interdisciplinary disciplines of journalism and sociology. In the three major parts of journalism -news history, journalism theory and journalism, it has the most crossed with news theory. News theory can be divided into basic theory and application theory. The former includes news ontology and communication theory, news media theory, journalism, and industrial theory. The research of these theories can introduce the perspective and methods of sociology, and some of these problems should also be the object of sociology. For example, the social influence of the news media, the relationship between social trust and social conflicts; the relationship between the information, communication activities and social governance of various people and institutions; and as part of the social system news system.

In 1996, Chen Yi published "Sociology". The book takes the social function of the journalism and its implementation conditions as the research object. It has a comprehensive and in -depth study of the journalism and has certain pioneering significance. However, at that time, the understanding of news ontology and news media involved only traditional media, and there was no specific study of the relationship between news media and society.

In the new media era, journalism and sociology research needs to be carried out with historical vision and global vision to comprehensive and systematic vertical inspections and horizontal comparisons to grasp the facts and laws, experiences and lessons, the status quo, and trend. In today's world, with the in -depth development of globalization, the international community has become an inseparable whole, which has led to promoting the construction of a community of human destiny to face many new opportunities and challenges. The news media directly affects international public opinion and international relations, and is also closely related to globalization. Therefore, we should give full play to the positive role of the news media in optimizing the international environment, enhancing mutual trust and cooperation, and building a community of human destiny.

The development of journalism and sociology in the new media era needs to promote the innovation and development of journalism sociology based on the characteristics of the times and the development of communication technology. Today, mobile communication and social media have largely changed the content, methods, processes, results, etc. of the news communication, and changed the form, content, production, communication, management, and management of the news media, changed the news and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their media and their mediums and their media and their media and their media and their mediums and their media. Social relationship. This needs to re -understand the basic concepts of news, media, social media, social media, etc., to deepen the research on the phenomenon of "information cocoons" and "opinion echo wall", and strengthen mobile news communication, artificial intelligence news communication The study of new situations and the study of the relationship between news media and morality, health, education, people's livelihood, environmental protection and other relationships.

The new media era to carry out journalism and sociology research requires the specific reality of China. News researchers should have humanistic feelings, and the heart is "the big country", so that the problems of Chinese issues, meet the needs of Chinese, and serve Chinese society from time to time, do everything possible Do. Through innovative communication technology, communication channels, communication methods, etc., Chinese voices are made to show the real, three -dimensional, comprehensive China, and strive to shape a credible, cute and respectable image of China.

The development of journalism sociology in the new media era requires cooperation in multi -disciplinary cooperation such as journalism, communication, and sociology. All branches and cross -disciplines participate together to build a journalism sociology with Chinese characteristics and the characteristics of the times.

(The author is a second -level professor at the School of Media and Communication of Shanghai Jiaotong University)

Source: China Social Science Network-Journal of Social Sciences of China

Author: Xie Jinwen

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