晚清民初上海苏籍报人职业生存状态考察

Jiangsu journalists in Shanghai newspaper industry in the Late Qing and Early Republic of China

近代江苏地区尤其是上海报刊业兴起早,规模大,众多江苏籍士子投身其中,成为职业报人。晚清以降,由于社会舆论和正统知识分子对西学和以此为业者的排斥,以及报人的仅为谋食的入职动机,对偏离"正途"的愧感,近代苏籍报人的社会和自我职业认同度较低。与他地报人相较,上海的苏籍报人职业收入相对较高。但受学而优则仕传统观念的影响和晚近社会新兴的羡商心理的诱惑,报人频繁转换职业,缺乏稳定性。

Newspaper industry rose early and in large scale in Jiangsu area, especially in Shanghai dur-ing the modem time period, attracting many Jiangsu intellectuals to become professional journalists. As western learning and journalists had been discriminated by public opinions and traditional intellectuals since late Qing Dynasty, these Jiangsu journalists felt shameful for their deviation from 44decent^ courses, ente-ring the career but for making a living. It thus brought them a lower social status and self-identity. Although their incomes were relatively higher than those from other places, Jiangsu journalists often changed jobs influenced by the traditional value that excellent intellectuals would go for officials, the modem temptation of doing business, and their personal characters. Their profession lacked for stabilization.