Civic Journalism And The Interests Expression Of The Vulnerable Groups

Chinese society in transition takes on new structure features. With the diversification of the benefit bodies and the benefits structure out of balance, the different stratum and social community start to have the benefits claim of dissimilarity. Vulnerable groups are apparently in a weak state because of their weak society and political level on pursuing their own interests, and it is difficult to express their own interests demand.TV as a media with the broadest audience and most easily to the media, plays an important role in public space for the different interest groups, particularly for the disadvantaged groups. Civic journalism, being the outcome of the television news reform, is the new program type in the current television practices in recent years, and is the "key" of the journalism. Civilian mindset and human care have become fundamental characteristics of the phenomenon of the television news reform. Civic journalism takes social vulnerable groups as the target audience in column orientation and practice, and tries to shape their image into the voice of the vulnerable group.The most audiences presented by the program of Jing Shi Live belong basically to the minority community of our current country, but they affirm and support the mainstream ideology in an implicative way. The case study about Jing Shi Live provided us with a specific experience target for understanding the current realities of the civic journalism in a period of social transition and the political significance.Civic journalism is the product of the era, and it is playing a role of a window expressing interests and demands, of communication bridge on social relations, of the safety valve of social contradictions - relief. Civic journalism based on the principle"close to the masses, close to reality, close to life", should to express in a health psychology, health content. Civic journalism must be carefully weighed between the national interests and the public interests, and it might gain media interests only when it has the dual recognition of the government and people and combinates them together of high coherence.Civic journalism's turning to public is the response to the Chinese current society transformation and the reality, and is also the public platform of expressing the diverse interest groups'benefits claim, especially, the vulnerable groups', and of setting up diapason society. Only in this way can Civic journalism occupy an indispensable seat in the future's diverse open media structure.