On Interactive Correlations Between News Field And Newspapering

It is highly necessary to introduce the uniquely significant concept of "field", also "news field", into the comparative study of consumerist newspapers markets of Guangdong and Shanghai. This concept was first proposed by P. Bourdieu, a French socialist. The perspective of "field" denotes a relational study of the interactive relationships between journalism or news media with the society. The core of "news field" theory is that being a separate field with its own principles, journalism is subordinate to the culture field and is restrained by its own position in the whole field network. In other words, it is not only restrained by the culture field, but by other fields as well.By treating the consumerist newspapers markets of Guangdong and Shanghai as a "news field", this thesis penetrates into the influences and restraints exerted by "political field" (representing power), "culture field"(representing regional culture), "economic field"(representing competition in newspapers markets) and "social field" (representing population structure). It aims further to explore the factors that lead to the remarkable differences in these two consumerist newspapers markets. The conclusion that has been arrived at has great practical implications for further researches of applying "news field" theory to the comparative studies of consumerist newspapers markets in different regions.