The Study For Commentary Features Of Metropolitan Newspaper During The Period Of Chinese Social Transition

As a kind of journalese, commentary connects with development of the times closely. At present, being in the period of social transition, there are many emerging problems, contradictions and phenomenon in China, which provide ample development space to commentary writing. Generally, the effect of the period of social transition present in three aspects:the environment of public opinion, media and sociality.In the1900s, metropolitan news started booming in our country and became a major force in newspaper industry gradually. Early metropolitan news was not valued by public, but many cities increased the column of commentary after this column of China Youth Daily, which titled Freezing Point Commentary, acquired great success. After this, commentary becomes an indispensible part of metropolitan news and the commentary hot is emerging. There is no doubt that the Southern Metropolitan Daily is a representative newspaper in this commentary fever. As a banner in newspaper industry, the commentary essay of Southern Metropolitan Daily has beyond other’s city newspaper in both quantity and quality.From the status quo of study, we will find that there are many study achievements about the period of Chinese social transition, but most of those research perspectives are focus on politics, sociology or economics, rather than journalism and communication. However, most of the researches on metropolitan news are focus on area of journalism and communication, and few of them research it from the point cut of social transition. Meanwhile, though most of researches abstracted example from Southern Metropolitan Daily and based on the background of Chinese social transition, but just described it briefly. So this paper will be based on the case of commentary column of Southern Metropolitan Daily, the statistic of quantitative analysis and the background of Chinese social transition to study commentary’s writing.Southern Metropolitan Daily’s achievement is not easy. Through constantly expanded, revised and explored its edition, and combined its orientation and reader’s interest, it developed the unique commentary style. This paper will be based on statistics of quantitative analysis to research Southern Metropolitan Daily’s commentary features about topic, content, language, writer and causes developed those features.In this essay, the writer have a deep thinking toward the characteristics of Southern Metropolitan Daily commentary writing, and analysis the commentary’s value during the period of Chinese social transition. Meanwhile, the writer investigates the advanced lessons in commentary writing, which other metropolitan newspaper can learn from Southern Metropolis Daily.At last, in the end of this article, the writer will point out the problems and deficiencies of Southern Metropolitan Daily’s commentary column, and wish it can be improved to play the " social watchtower " during the period of Chinese social transition. The writer also hope it can make more positive contribution on fulfilling public opinion, promoting social justice, calling for democracy and legality, constructing the public domain as well.