简论新中国70年来新闻理论研究主题的演变

Examining the Themes of Journalism Theory Research during the 70 Years since the Founding of the People’s Republic of China

新中国70年来中国新闻理论研究具有如下特点:其一,新闻理论研究较之新闻史研究,在感应时代变化方面反应灵敏。其二,中国共产党的领导人关于新闻舆论的论述,作为对马克思主义新闻观的顺应时代的发展,不仅对新中国建立以来的新闻实践有着引领和指导作用,而且成为新闻理论研究中具有重大意义的理论命题。其三,新闻理论研究的主题,发生了巨大变化,呈现出历史性变迁。主题演变主要表现在:一是话题变化,研究命题因时代变化而更新,随着时间的推移,新起了许多原先所无的话题;二是同题深化,对同样主题,处于时间序列后端的研究比之处于时间序列前端的研究有所深化。

During the 70 years since the founding of New China, China’s Journalism Theory Research has developed with the times. This paper examines the theoretical research of journalism around eleven themes. The author believes that the research of journalism theory in China in the past 70 years has the following distinct characteristics: First, compared with the research of Journalism History and Journalism Prctice, the research of Journalism Theory is undoubtedly more sensitive and rapid in responding to the changes. Second, the view about the public opinion from the leaders of the Communist Party of China, as a development adapting to the times, not only has a leading and guiding role in news practice since the founding of New China, but also has always been a theoretical and practical proposition of great significance in the study of journalism theory. Third, since the founding of the People’s Republic of China 70 years ago, the theme of Journalism Theory Research has undergone tremendous changes historically. The evolution of themes is mainly manifested in two aspects: First, the change of topics. Research propositions are updated with the changes of the times. Some of the original hot topics are gradually silent, and new topics have been created. Second, the deepening of the same topic. For the same topic, the researches done at the back end of the time series went further than the researches done at the front end of time series.