再论19世纪下半叶外国人在华办报的新闻观念:以《申报》为中心的考察

Re-Discussing of the Concept of Running Newspaper by Foreigners in the Second Half of the 19th Century:the Investigation of Shun Pao

从媒介作为知识的立场出发,本文讨论19世纪下半叶《申报》等外国人在华办报的新闻观念。从传播真理到传播新闻的转变,意味着商业新闻观念发端,现代报纸所具有的新闻属性开始逐渐成为重心。《申报》在中国传统中找到"太史陈风"来标明办报正当性,体现了早期新闻观念在传统与现代、中西之间的紧张。《申报》等报纸从国家发展的角度来论证现代报纸的价值,厘清报纸与政治之间的关系,则最具现代性色彩。外国人在华办报的新闻观念具有西方式的、现代的知识和观念属性,并发挥了持续的影响。

From the perspective of treating the media as knowledge, this paper discusses the concept of running newspaper, like Shun Pao, by foreigners in the second half of the 19th century. From the dissemination of truth to the spreading of news, it signifies the origin of business news, during which process, the attribute of news embedded in modern newspapers gradually becomes the center. Found in Chinese tradition, ＂Tai Shi Chen Feng＂ is deployed by Shun Pao to seek for the legitimacy, which embodies the tension of earlier news concepts existing between traditional and modern, as well as Chinese and western. Bearing the characteristic of moderni- ty, newspapers such as Shun Pao, demonstrate the value of modern newspapers from the perspective of the national development and clarify the relationship between newspapers and politics. The concept of running newspapers by foreigners has the western and modern attributes, which exerts a lasting effect.