Ideological Research Of U.S. Mainstream Media News Reports On The Korean War

The Korean War broke out in the early Cold War, which acted as a milestone in China’smilitary history and diplomacy history. It greatly improved the international status andinfluence of China, made the capitalist world took notice; It improved the friendly andcooperative relationship between China and the Soviet Union, speed up the construction ofChina’s socialist. Mainstream media of American, especially the New York Times, theWashington Post and the Los Angeles Times, which reported the Korean War in detail, madethe contents of news becoming the first-hand material of studying on U.S. foreign policy,military action, ideology in this period. The author defined the concept of the mainstreammedia and media ideology, analysis the news of outbreak of the Korean War and during theperiod of Chinese People’s Volunteers involved in the war, analysis the ideological inclinationof the U.S. mainstream media reported on the Korean War, exposing its essence ofmaintaining U.S. global interests.The paper is divided into four parts. The first part is about the outbreak of the KoreanWar, descript the course and results of the war. Define the concept of the mainstream media,and give a brief introduction to the New York Times, the Washington Post and the LosAngeles Times. Put forward the concept of the media ideology, and clarify the relationshipbetween the media and ideology; The second part is analyzing the U.S. mainstream mediareports on the outbreak of the Korean War, combined with the news reports, discussing theattitude and actions of the United States, international public opinion and action and the war’seffects on the U.S. economy; The third part is analyzing the actions of Volunteers involved inthe war, starting from the change of attitude of the Chinese Communists, classify the ChinesePeople’s Volunteers operations in North Korea, and the analysis of the U.S. government andmedia’s attention on China’s internal affairs diplomacy, confirmed the reasons for the war bythe CPC; The fourth part is the analysis of the role of the mainstream media in the UnitedStates in the Korean War, specifically addressed the anti-communism and hegemonyperformance, exposing the United States using the media of ideological function to peopleand the fact that maintain the global interests of the United States.With the development of globalization, the situation on the Korean stays unstable,combined with China’s stage of development and international environment, concluded threepoints.