Research On The Current Press Professional Ethics Anomie Phenomenon Of China

The press profession is a profession which disseminates news as its basic mission. Since the 1980's, following the social development and science and technology advancement, news gets in closer and closer touch with the national economy and the people's livelihood. The developing condition of the press profession has direct effect on the news quality and effectiveness for a given period of time. Moreover, the press profession is the state's propaganda position about political standpoint and public opinion; it is a tie or a bridge which the communist party of China and government link to the broad masses of the people; it is also a major platform which the people carry social supervise on our party and government; it has to do with nation's development and the masses'wild interests for it undertakes the important community responsibility. So to research the press professional ethics is significance in practice. By researching on the press professional ethics, it could promote journalists to make a clear distinction between right and wrong, good and evil; help them to conscientiously observe the moral discipline; reduce the phenomenon of press professional ethics anomie and improve the moral standard of the press profession.Also the domestic academic research has achieved great success in the press professional ethics at present, but the research still exists vulnerable spot in many aspects, for example, it doesn't make a thorough investigation and study on the press professional ethics, the deliberate and perfect theory hasn't set up; the more indulge in empty talk on the anomie phenomenon, the less analyze on the theory of the anomie; and the moral construction scheme which was put forward formerly lacks possibility on manipulation. So research on the press professional ethics anomie should break the limitation to make innovations. By way of analyzing the phenomenon of the press profession ethics anomie seriously, looking into the causes in numerous angles, analyzing the negative influence from difference layers, then putting forward a feasibility proposal to rectify the ethics anomie, it will get the important theoretical value both on the thorough recognition in the press professional ethics anomie, and on the entire subject building of the press professional ethics.The press professional ethics is the sum total of ethics which fit in with the special profession's demand and the code of ethics the journalist must abide by in their news-reports practical work. When the ethics value is vacant or lacks efficacy and no more applied force on the adjustment effect, it will lead to grave chaos inside the press circle. This phenomenon calls the press professional ethics anomie. Generally speaking the main trend of the press profession ethics is fine, full of professional spirits and social responsibility. Such features as justice, bravery, sincerity, kindheartedness, respect to the profession, offering as a tribute, bearing social responsibility, and loyalty to our country, together make up the essential moral outlook at present. But the press professional ethics anomie has arisen in some area's media with a small number of journalists these years. The main phenomenon of the press professional ethics anomie in our country at present could be divided into two categories: one is reflected by the media journalist's action, such as"the trade between news and money","stir-frying news","fraudulent conduct and extort money by taking advantage of news"; the other anomie phenomenon is reflected from the news writings, consisting of"fictitious news","vulgar news","the form is news, but the content is advertise", and so on.The cause of the press professional ethics anomie is from three layers, the environment outside the press circle, the institution and organized system inside the press circle and the quality of journalist. In another word, all these factors such as the unhealthy factors to the press profession of the society, the imperfect of the institution and organized system and the inferior quality especially moral degenerate of journalists, could cause the press professional ethics anomie to happen. The press professional ethics anomie will directly damage the reality interests of the pubic, effect the reputation and the developing condition on the press cause, hinder the socialist moral construction and the development of nation's economy. So the ethics anomie must to be rectified. Rectifying the press professional ethics anomie should follow some specific moral principles, such as justice, freedom, responsibility, sincerity, humanism. All these principles afford the ideal moral standard. In the concrete operation sequence, it must be controlled simultaneously in the three aspects: the environment outside the press circle, the institution and organized system inside the press circle, the quality of journalist. Only in this way, could rectifying the press professional ethics anomie achieve the desired perfect results.Rectifying the press professional ethics anomie is the inevitable demand of the press professional ethics construction, and is also the major content of social morals construction in our country. By putting an end to the anomie phenomenon, the moral level of the press profession could be raised, we can improve the social reputation of the press profession, and then push the new cultural and ideological progress of our country forward.