The Research On News Control Of Qing Dynasty

The news control refers to the Non-autonomous control of the society to the journalism and people's news dissemination. The news control is one kind of type of the social control, which is the concrete manifestation form of the social control in the journalistic field. In news control system, the master is the political power which occupies the dominant status in the society, and the controlled members are each kind of information dissemination in the human society development and the journalism arised afterwards. The essence of news control is controlling the freedom of the press. In class society, the basic attribute of news control is the class nature. The production and utilization of news control are inevitable in the history.The research on news control of Qing Dynasty refers to inspecting the development of the journalism in Qing Dynasty from the angle of news control. The research is divided into five parts by the method of factor analysis that are main body, object, method, way and degree of news control. News legislative work at the end of the Qing Dynasty is the beginning that the Chinese news control has transited into modern times. Although it does not have the degree of thoroughness, it is one kind of pioneer activity and it has the quite profound historical significance and the model function in the Chinese journalism history.Summarizing the success and failure of news control in Qing Dynasty, we can gain two conclusions. First, the news control is not the separately existence which is influenced and restricted by the social environment. Specific speaking, 1. the change of social environment decides the degree of news control. 2. the change of Social climate influences the content of news control. 3. the adjustment of official ideology influences the policy of news control. Second, the function and significance of news control must be evaluated from the pros and cons. The question of news control in Qing Dynasty lies in its excessive control. The moderate news control is necessary. Moderate news control not only maintains the national security of information and culture, but also standardizes the journalistic development and displays the function of the news medium for disseminating information better.