社会的阶层分化与媒介的控制权和使用权

The Division of Social Classes and the Control and Use of Media in China

改革开放以来我国社会的阶级、阶层划分已经发生了显著的变化。原有对媒介控制和使用权利的分配模式也产生了显著变化。主要的阶层及其对媒介的控制和使用情况可划分为三类 :拥有媒介的控制权 ,引领媒介发展潮流 ,决定社会舆论导向的强势阶层 ;拥有媒介的使用条件与使用能力 ,具有主动的媒介接近意识 ,善于利用媒介满足自己需要的中间阶层 ;缺乏使用媒介的基本条件和能力 ,基本被排除在媒介表现内容之外的弱势阶层。

Since China carried out the policy of Reform and Opening Up, the division of social classes has changed. As the result the customary distributive model of media control and use has also changed greatly. First the strata in the stronger position enjoy the control of the media and possess the power of dominating the social discourse and guiding the public opinion. Secondly the strata in the middle are able to use the media and have the initiative to approach them for satisfying their own demands. Finally the strata in the weaker position approach the media passively. People of these strata are often short of opportunities to receive information and usually are ignored by the mass media.