媒体与战后日本民主主义——以《朝日新闻》社论为中心

A Research on the Relation of Media and Democratic Ideals of Post-War Japan:With a special focus on The Asahi Shimbun'seditorial

民主主义社会中的媒体,应当承担统合民意、引导舆论与监督政治权利并同其抗衡的双重责任。然而,综观战后日本民主主义发展轨迹,尽管不能否认新闻媒体对民主主义的发展起了某种程度推波助澜的积极作用,但也应该看到,作为民主主义旗手的新闻媒体,事实上从未真正反映民意,而是仅仅将国民视为"观众"。这不但加剧了政治与民意之间距离的扩大,而且也引发了民主主义的危机。文章以《朝日新闻》社论为中心,对战后日本民主主义发展过程中媒体的作用与局限进行探讨。

This paper explored the role of the media in the development process and limitations in post-war Japanese democracy when mainly on an editorial of The AsashiShimbun.It is the responsibility of media in democratic society “to guide public opinion”and“to supervise the government”.However, in an overview of the trajectory ofpost-warJapanesedemocracy,although we can not deny the news media on the development of democracy played a positiverole,but it shoud be noted that neither politics nor media have trulyreflected public opinion. Citizensneed only be considered as an “audience,” which not onlyexacerbates thedistance betweenpolitics andpublic opinion, but also results in ademocracyin crisis.