美国主流媒体视野中的中日领土争端问题研究——以《纽约时报》(1980～2010年)为例

Sino-Japanese Territorial Disputes through the Lens of Mainstream American Media:The New York Times from 1980-2010

塑造良好的国家形象,营造客观友善的国际舆论环境,是一个国家开展外交的重要内容。无论是从战略角度还是从国家利益的角度,中日双边关系对中国来说均举足轻重,但是双边领土争端问题却成为横亘在两国政府和民间的重要障碍。无论是中国的对日政策还是日本的对华政策,都离不开美国因素的干扰,而媒体舆论又是美国政府对外政策制定的重要背景因素,因此,本文搜集了1980～2010年美国主流媒体《纽约时报》关于中日领土争端议题的98篇新闻报道,并对其进行了系统的梳理、研究和分析,力图再现时代条件制约下美国大众传播媒体有关中日双边关系的评论。

Building a positive national image and objective and favorable international opinion are important elements of a state＇s foreign diplomacy. From both the perspective of strategy and national interests, Sino-Japanese relations are critical for China. Nonetheless, bilateral territorial disputes continue to be a key barrier for both state to state and people to people rela- tions between the two countries. Both China＇s Japan policy and Japan＇s Chi- na policy cannot escape American influence. In the United States, mass media play a key behind the scenes role in determining the American govern- ment＇s foreign policy. The authors have collected 98 reports on Sino-Japa- nese territorial disputes from the American mainstream media outlet, The New York Times from 1980-2010, and categorize and analyze them towards the goal of illustrating the views of mainstream American opinion towards Si- no-Japanese bilateral ties under different time periods.