现代性视野下的西方新闻业危机:起源与启示

The Origin of Western Journalism Crisis and Its Implications: From the Perspective of Modernity

当下西方新闻业之危机,非单纯技术因素所致,技术仅是促使此危机浮出水面的"最后时刻",而非缘起。西方新闻业危机是长期以来随着现代性进程的深入,在综合性和结构性要素互动作用下的产物,本质上源于使新闻危机成为新闻运作本身的现代性逻辑。因此文章将结合西方新闻环境的结构性变革和综合性因素,从内在性、结构性、不稳定性、延续性等角度阐释西方新闻业危机的现代性根源,并在此基础上反观其为我国当下新闻业面临的问题带来的启示。

The western journalism crisis is not mere the product of technical factor which is just a'last minute'elements rather than the origin or decisive factor),but also a product of the modernity and its logic.With the deepening of modernity logic,there is a dramatic change in the structure and business model of news.By the same token,although the collapse of a viable business model is an important factor for the western journalism crisis,it is not the only factor that can explain the crisis in the journalism industry.The crisis in journalism does not derive from moral bankruptcy or journalists’incompetence,but from the institution or structure that makes the western journalism crisis become the rational result of the operation of the western journalism itself.Therefore,it is necessary to from a new essential perspective:the modernity logic in combination with the news and political culture as well as structural changes and comprehensive factors to explain the origin of western journalism crisis.Specifically speaking,the modernity origin of western journalism crisis includes such aspects as internality,structure,instability,continuity and so on.Based on the analysis,this research also discusses its implications for the problems our country’s press industry are facing now.