民主实验和新闻改革——美国公共新闻事业思想评析

A democratic experiment and journalism reform: An analysis of the American Public Journalism

20世纪80年代初兴起的美国公共新闻事业既是一场新闻改革,也是一场改良美国民主的社会运动。它是近年来较为集中地体现美国新闻思想和社会思潮变迁的"实验"行动,并引发了学术界对于传统新闻和民主理念的激烈争议。在此理解的基础上,文章试图把历史观照和现实分析结合起来,揭示并分析公共新闻事业发展历程中人们对媒介的角色认知、新闻理念以及民主参与观念的分歧和冲突。

It is urged that the American public journalism,which arose in the early 80s of the 20th century,is not only a press reform,but also a social movement for improvement of American democracy.It is an ＂experimental＂ action which more focused on the U.S.journalism ideas and social thought changes in recent years.Based on this understanding,an attempt is made to combine the contemplation of history with a realistic analysis to reveal and analyze peoples conceptual differences and conflicts about the medias role,journalism idea and the concept of democratic participation in the course of the development of public journalism.