由“药家鑫案”引发的关于“媒介审判”的思考

A Reflection of "Trial by Media" from the Case of Yao Jiaxin

媒介是信息、情绪的放大器,在当下的社会环境下,媒介一方面发挥着社会公器的作用,对社会生活进行监督,维护社会各个"零部件"的正常高效运转。而在另一方面,媒介强有力的"发声"功能一旦被滥用,就很容易披着"监督"的外衣从社会公器转为凶器,介入司法程序对其进行干预,对新闻当事人造成伤害。尤其是在新媒体蓬勃发展的今天,新技术、新平台使媒介的优势与弊端都得到了放大。"媒介审判"和"媒介监督"虽然只有两字之差,但前者是对司法独立的干预,而后者是对公民知情权的保障,是媒介职能之一,"媒介审判"与"媒介监督"存在着本质的区别。由2010年"药家鑫案"而引发的"媒介审判"的诸多反思,对于媒介功能的思考才刚刚开始,人们对于"媒介审判"的认识在随后一系列相似事件中一点点的加深。"媒介审判"带来的暴力杀伤力强、影响面广令人深思。

Media is an amplifier of information and emotion, which plays a role of public justice under contemporary social environment, supervising the social life and maintaining the normal and rapid operation of social sector. On the other hand, media can also change into lethal weapon once it is abused, getting involved into judicial procedure and even hurting the news party. At the new - media boosting present, new technique and new platform have enlarged medias advantages and disadvantages. Although ＂Trial by Media＂ and ＂Su- pervision by Media＂ have a one - word difference, the former is an involvement of judicial independence, and the latter is a protection of public rights to know. The ease of Yao Jiaxin has given rise to many reflections on ＂Trial by Media＂ which leads the public into deep understandings of the following series of eases, bringing people to ponder over its violent lethality and expanding influences.