The Study Of News Report About Controversial Issues Of Science And Technology Of China Science Daily

The controversial issue of science and technology is a common topic in news reports on science and technology development. Since China's reform and opening up, the issues, such as the Three Gorges project, the south - to - north water diversion project and the safety of genetically modified food, have become news media coverage of controversial issues. The content of the controversial issue of science and technology is base on the objective, but the diversity of applications of science and technology will result in different views and different opinions. Some controversial issues of science and technology attracted the attention of the public and government, and was the focus of media attention, stimulate discussion. The report of controversial issues is an important standard of news media to show their ability and credibility. How to rational and effectively performed a controversial issue, how to help the issue clear to the disclosure of the truth of the incident and have good public opinion guide effect. It is worth studying. The controversial issues of science and technology of Chinese Science News come from the differences in academic fields of science, the social and economic needs of the construction, the differences of Scientific cognitive and the scientific questions of the social hot spot. The number of reported and the process development controversial issues were positively correlated. The early stages of development of science and technology, with the hot debate, the number of reports has increased. The result of controversial issue tends to be more clear, he number of reports began to fall. After the controversial technology event argue the results, the number of reports to a minimum. The report of the controversial issues of science and technology of Chinese Science News Chinese Science News is featured that the objectivity of position, the Reported source of authority and the particularity of the pages.Through the study of Chinese Science News, since the first report of controversial issues (26 April 1986) to July 2014 in total of 548 reports, found that Chinese Science News to carry out the controversial issue of Science and Technology reported that to achieve the following results:Objective and impartial reporting the facts of science and technology, Popularize scientific knowledge to the audience and promote civic scientific literacy, Provides important reference for the construction of major economic decisions.The presence of the controversial issues of science and technology is because people (including scientists) understanding of the objective law of a scientific things have a process. It requires through "contention of a hundred schools of thought" to approach the objective truth. Scientific uncertainty often makes controversial problems difficult to obtain a conclusion, when these opinions can't be unified, and these problems have to be solved immediately, will lead to "View of conflict". The academic debate and academic questioning is the characteristic of "develop both in scope and in depth" of the science and technology, and it is also the source of scientific and technological innovation.The depth of coverage in science and technology fields of controversial issues is necessary. But it must be based on the existence of objective scientific facts. It should follow the scientific and objective criteria. Media reports the controversial issues should to be reasonable planning argumentation and insisting objectivity; Pay attention to the diversity of sources; Emphasis on the use of direct quotations and strengthen the writing techniques of the reports of the controversial issue of science and technology; Strengthen scientific and technological literacy, in order to facilitate the popularization of scientific and technical knowledge, and to promote civic scientific literacy.