新闻报道是怎样影响美国对外政策的——从《外交头条》看美国对外政策的新闻机制

How Does the News Reports Influence the American Foreign Policy——Looking at the News System of American Foreign Policy from Foreign Headlines

在西方世界,新闻记者拥有"无冕之王"的地位,而新闻界被称作是"无冕国度"。新闻报道往往能够使本国甚至世界上其他相隔遥远的地方发生的事情在瞬间变得全球皆知。而新闻报道还有一重要作用就是对国家对外政策产生影响。新闻记者通过种种尖端的信息传播技术探求事实并公布于众,尤其当国家处于非常时刻,可以在政治传播领域扮演议程设置者的角色,从而对于塑造民意起不可估量的作用。因此,与理论相对的就是政治家的回应和控制。

In the western world, news reporters are called as uncrowned kings, and the press is called as uncrowned country. The news reports can make the events happening in different places all over the world be known by people in a second. Besides, the news reports can influence the foreign policy of the country. Especially, when the country is at the very moment, news reporters can set the agenda in field of the political communication so that they have a great impact on the public opinion by probing into the fact and making it known through various advanced technology of information transmission. Thus, correspondingly, it leads to the politicians＇reaction and control.