外国新闻传播史研究的问题面向、现实条件与历史使命

Orientations,Conditions and Missions of Overseas Journalism and Communication History Research

当前外国新闻传播史研究代表性成果较少,视域上不够宏大,方法上稍显贫瘠,理论上贡献不足,回顾当下外新史学术史中的特定议题,可以发现,当下外新史研究困境的核心原因在于研究领域主体问题的缺乏,这是新闻史自主知识体系建设的核心挑战。本文提出了外新史研究如何回答四个“之问”的面向,并从史料、史观、史法三个层面论述了当前外新史研究纵深化发展的现实条件,认为外新史应当在适当的问题面向下濯新史料、拓展史观、创新史法。结合展望的问题面向和既有的现实条件,在世界局势愈发复杂、欧美现代化方案诠释力愈发遭到挑战的当下,我国外新史领域的持续发力也有其特定的历史使命,不仅是讲好中国故事的必要环节,也是构建现代化全球信息秩序的中国方案、给出人类历史诠释的新闻传播学科方案的有力抓手。

At present,there are a few problems in overseas journalism and communication history research field:few representative achievements,narrow vision,barren method and insufficient theory.Reviewing the specific topics in the academic history,it is clear that the core reason for the dilemma of contemporary overseas journalism and communication history research lies in the lack of domain subjects.According to the opening speech spirit of Xi Jinping,this paper puts forward four question orientations of the study of overseas history,and discusses the realistic conditions for the deepening and development of the study of foreign history including historical materials,historical views,and historical methods,and believes that overseas journalism and communication history should wash fresh historical materials,expand historical views,and innovate historical methods under appropriate problem orientations.Based on above,considering the time when the world situation is becoming more complex and the validity of interpretation of modernization plans in the western world is increasingly challenged,China's overs journalism and communication history research also should carry out some specific historical missions.It is not only a necessary way to tell a good story about China,but also a key link to build a modern global information order in China,and an essential basement to the development of the journalism and communication discipline which could give a brand new interpretation of human history.