加拿大华语电视节目中的公民对话与多元文化身份认同

Civic Discourse and Multicultural Citizenship in Locally Produced Chinese Television Programs in Metro Vancouver

本文通过内容分析与访谈的方法对温哥华新时代传媒集团下属的城市电视以及两部本土制作的时事谈话类节目进行个案分析,运用地域族裔媒体和多元文化传播机制两个概念,讨论地域族裔叙事在促进现代社会大范围多层次的公民对话中起到的重要作用。此外,地域族裔媒体不仅有效地帮助了新移民成功地从"形式上"的公民转型为"实质性"的公民;同时也成为主流公共领域在跨国交流方面的有力补充,从而使得少数族裔群体保持了他们自身的文化认同感。最后,本文认为加拿大主流媒体和族裔媒体的交流与互动仍然有进一步增强和提升的空间。

This paper uses content analysis and interviews to produce case studies of Fairchild Groups Talentvision(Mandarin)and two local current-affairs talk show programs in Mandarin.Based on the concept of geo-ethnic media and multicultural communication infrastructure model,the paper argues that ethnic media can be a powerful means to promotecivic virtues in a large,pluralistic modern society and to help new immigrants transform their 'formal'citizenship into a 'substantive'citizenship.The ethnic media also provides a transnational supplement to the mainstream public sphere, which allows a sub-national ethnic community to maintain its cultural identity.The paper concludes that further efforts should be made to foster communication and interaction between the mainstream media and the diverse world of ethnic media in Canada.