Mass Media And The Shaping Of The State Image Of China

It is of utmost importance in theoretical research and great urgency in practice to study how to shape the state image that can reflect and promote the status of china through mass media. Starting from the influence of Media World, consisting of mass media, on the public, this article first explains the role and method of mass media in the shaping of state image from the trans-disciplinary view of Journalism and Communication and International Politics, then analyzes the phenomenon and essence of demonizing China by USA media, and finally basing on an original definition of the characteristic and basic concepts of shaping the state image of China, puts forward some countermeasures for the Chinese media, including three measures to increase the quantity and improve the quality of information communication, three steps to cope with the challenge of communication practice and three solutions to the problems affecting the communication effect, with the efforts to set up a manageable theory system of shaping the state image of China which refers the history, bases on the reality and can be used in practice.