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The Context Of Globalization On The Political Function Of The Chinese Mass Media

Posted on:2005-11-07Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2208360125460157Subject:Political Theory
Abstract/Summary:
Accompanied with the development of economy and society, the effectiveness of Mass Media spread rapidly to almost every field of social life. Especially in the field of politics, Mass Media has played a very " Active role". In the modern political life, the behaviors of controlling and making use of Mass Media have come to be the commonest political behavior. Consequently, the involvement of Mass Media nowadays in all the political fields is increasing continuously. This phenomenon also influenced political behaviors and activities in a much deeper degree compared with before.It has been well known that in the field of International Politics contains the contradictions and conflicts of Mass Media. The Mass Media joined and embodied the confliction and cooperation of different countries in the International Politics: At one hand, with the augment of cooperation between countries, Mass Media tend to the be globalized, at the other hand, Mass Media also embodied and reflected the contradiction and conflicts between nations, the civilization's conflicts contains Culture Hygemonism and Media Hygemonism, the political conflicts hide behind the media concept. Even at the time of Economic and Culture globalization, the Rank and Property conflict that Carl Max once concerned did not disappear, moreover, the surviving conflicts between nations come to be clear. These conflicts become especially clear at the field of Mass Media.During the Chinese Opening-reform that has the duration over two decades, China's recognition towards Mass Media has gone through a great change. Instead of attaching importance to its political characteristics solely, China also learned to build a more democratic environment for the Mass Media to grow more mature in order to prove Chinese politics. Nevertheless, appropriate controlling system must be constructed. China has no specialized research towards the Mass Media in the field of politics till now. It requests we researchers do more work by taking "Theory Beforehand" as principle.The whole article consists of three parts .The first part set forth the relationship of politics and Mass Media; the second part revealed the necessity for China to recognize the political function of Mass Media; the third part planned for the developing direction of Mass Media in order to make full use of political function of Mass Media in the trend of Globalization. By writing this article, the writer tried to make readers clear of the way to build Mass Media in the new century for China.
Keywords/Search Tags:Mass Media, Political Function, Globalization, International Politics
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