On The "Pseudo-Environment" Constructed By The Chinese Mass Media

The word "pseudo-environment" was advanced in the work Public Opinion written by the famous American columnist Walter Lippmann in 1922. It has gradually become an essential term of journalism and communication, which is closely connected with our life. Meanwhile, the mass media has in every aspect penetrated into the society just like air wandering around us. Therefore, we live in the media formed by the mass media, which is called "pseudo-environment"(or "fake-environment" ) by Lippmann. He thinks that the information environment (pseudo-environment) formed in the mass media restricts people's perception and behaviors by which influences the real environment. This kind of mechanism makes the modern environment more informatized and meanwhile the information more environmental. In other words, the information environment has gradually evolved into the actual environment.The author of this thesis puts forward his integrated opinions based on the research into the definition, functions and causes of "pseudo-environment" at home and abroad. They are as follows:I. On account of the shortness of the mass media in the traditional society, the message communication mainly depended on the human relationship. Therefore, the appearance of pseudo-environment followed after the popularized and highly developed mass media coming into being. This is because the development of...