赞同与疑虑:《字林西报》对五四运动的报道研究

Endorsement and Doubts:A Study on the Reporting of the May 4th Movement by the North China Daily News

2019年5月4日是五四运动100周年纪念日。五四运动作为旧民主主义革命和新民主主义革命的分水岭,直接影响了中国共产党的诞生和发展。本文运用内容分析的方法,以五四运动伊始至《字林西报》停刊期间其关于五四运动及相关活动的报道作为研究对象,探究了该报对于五四运动的报道内容、报道形态、报道理念和态度等方面内容,详细勾勒出代表在华"特殊商务利益"的"英国官报"眼中的五四运动及其媒介形象。本文认为,《字林西报》以西方的报道视角报道了中国的历史事件,对于五四运动的报道具有报道角度的独特性、报道体裁的多样性及观点立场的片面性等特点,报道语言上敢于直言,以情绪表露为主。总体而言,报道存在赞同与疑虑并存的局面。

May 4,2019 is the 100th anniversary of the May 4th Movement.The May 4th Movement,as a watershed between the old democratic revolution and the new democratic revolution,directly affected the birth and development of the Chinese Communist Party.This article uses the content analysis method to take the reports on the May Fourth Movement and related activities from the beginning of the May 4th Movement to the suspension of the North China Daily News as the research object,and explores the contents,forms,philosophy and attitude of reports.The article outlines the May 4th Movement and its media image in the eyes of the "Official Newspaper of the U.K.",which represents "special business interests" in China.This article believes that the North China Daily News reported on Chinese historical events from a western perspective.The reports on the May 4th Movement are unique in terms of reporting angles,diversity of reporting genres,and one-sidedness of their viewpoints.Explicit in emotion expression,the reports feature a mixture of endorsement and doubts.