Participation By Mess Media Into Deliberative Democracy: Possibility And Reality

With the acceleration of our democratic process, Deliberative Democracy which is discussed wildly by political scholars now come to people's sight. When a governmental project is settled, or the life of an ordinary citizen, they all have been widely incorporated into people's discussions being. For the mass media, both in traditional media, such as newspaper and television, and in new media, say network for example, we can see the reports and discussions overwhelming. Deliberative Democracy and the mass media are intimately linked.The Deliberative Democracy is a process like this, the public has the freedom and the right to common on some public events on a particular area or within a certain period. They express their views and ideas by a way of reasonable. And then an equality, freedom and full consultation is carried on. So, by the mass media, what is participation process of Deliberative Democracy like? Based on Yunnan DuoMaoMao, the analysis finds that the mass media in democracy in the process of negotiation firstly plays of the "sensor" and "magnifying glass" effect. For it can make perception not only in the private spheres of people life quickly or microeconomic problems that arise from groups, while these issues is sent to a wider range of magnification in the public domain, making the public common problems, promote the formation of public opinion; then, in the public interest continue to flow on the media to promote this sector, until the political sphere, so that the issue has become political decisions need to be concerned about the issues, and to oversee the governor to fully discuss the issues, or ultimately accelerate the solution, this is the dynamic mechanism when the mass media involved in Deliberative Democracy.Through the research by DuoMaoMao which happened in YunNan, we find out that the participation by mass media to Deliberative Democracy is dynamic and multi-dimensional. A citizen died abnormally in jail is an individual events, and this is very common, but because of the mass media, and the reports which appeared again and again on the newspaper, with a framework which is Suffering narrative, media set an agenda for the public. So this event becomes a issue people talk of. Individual events has been transformed into a public issue, owning to the Internet discussion.Through the interaction between traditional media and Internet media, we find out the power of the public. Composed to the event itself, others should be a "third party" in the event, but the truth is, public are not satisfied with just be the lookers, on the contrary, they are more willing to be participants and expressions in the process of events. Whatever they are criticizing or approving, and whether they comment by pen or completely join in, they are pushing the event forward.Public attention gives uniqueness to the event, which becomes an important motive power when the event comes to political discussion stage events. In the push by mass media and the general attention or intense discussions, the event brings a new advance:government is force to speak. As now, the government can't sit still, so that a investigation group which is maked up by netizens is established, and official conclusion is also announced. But the events is not over, it has a series of linkage follow-up:Using micro-blog by officials and compensation clause in State Compensation Act. Thus, a special group has come to public's eyes, firstly they become the right guarantee, and the government's preliminary behavior is changed. On the other hand, although the official opening of micro-blog is a preliminary attempt, but from the point of the development of democracy in China, the improvement is one of the unquestionable.But as I mentioned above, the mass media is not fully participate in democratic consultation, because of context in China, lacking of a mature network making up by civil society organizations, the democratic consultation are still under the guidance of government's behavior, and within the brand by the social structure. On one hand, the development of the event is lacked of political support when it is Yunnan's Propaganda Department which as illegal sponsors, the investigation by netizens has not been given the lawful rights. On the other hand, although the media in the whole process has been given kind of dynamic characteristics, but when touching the core in the political field, media shows powerlessness—not under the official news source control, still under the official discourse orientation. In short, the mass media as dynamic individual in social structure, through their participation, become an important power in the "Chinization" by Deliberative Democracy. But this drive is accompanied by certain "cost", when the media is constrainted by political system. In DuoMaoMao which is happened in YunNan, it is a pity that dynamic effect can not incisively bring into play in China.