The Construction Research Of Journalistic Professionalism In China In New Media Age

The research of journalistic professionalism, one of the fundamental topics forjournalism, can present a historical line of the development of journalism. Where isthe independent status of journalism? Journalistic professionalism attempts toanswer this question. In the21stcentury, the dramatic change of new media hasbrought a new context of development ecology for journalism. The existence ofjournalistic professionalism has always been doubted in China. Both materializingand quantizing researches show that journalistic professionalism features withfragmentation and localization in China. And how this state has changed fromtraditional media to new media age is the focus of the thesis. Through exploring thecore concept of journalistic professionalism and news practice in the new mediaage, we find out that the current state of journalistic professionalism in China stillkeeps its features of fragmentation and localization of the traditional media age.However, as the rise of civil society, civilian participates in the construction ofjournalistic professionalism in China, becoming a new power subject which isbeneficial for the development of journalistic professionalism. Also, journalisticprofessionalism has been appreciated and looked forward by an increasing numberof journalistic practitioners and has gained better condition for existence.