The Eastern Miscellany's Contribution To The Early Chinese Journalism Research

The Eastern Miscellany was created by the Commercial Press in March 1904 and ceased publication in December 1948.The magazine lasted for 45 years by going across two times of late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.As it experienced historical periods including the Revolution of 1911,the New Culture Movement,the National Revolution,the War of Resistance Against Japan and the Liberation War,it can be called the witness of the history personally on the scene.Among the 44 volumes and 816 issues of the Eastern Miscellany(1904-1948),there are more than 200 articles related to journalism research,covering various fields of journalism research and making a relatively complete display of modern journalism research.This paper chooses the text of the Eastern Miscellany related to journalism research published in the period from 1904 to 1948 to carry on study with the following ideas: At first,make clear the basic development of the Eastern Miscellany,historical origins of four times of publication cease and the changes of the editing group;Secondly,how does Eastern Miscellany show the specific face of journalism research;Thirdly.by combination of social and historical background,discuss what a kind of modernized pursuit of the modern journalism research such a display reflects;Last but not least,Study the inspiration of relevant discussions in the Eastern Miscellany about journalism research.It is found in the study that the Eastern Miscellany regards the development of journalism in the social environment and pays attention to the social function of "leading the citizens on one hand" and "supervising the government on the other hand".It introduces the organization structure of the newspaper,the specific skills of news interview,writing and editing,the history and current situation of Chinese and foreign journalism and even public opinion and advertising content.And The Eastern Miscellany as well as display early journalism research platform,its for the development of China's early journalism also played role as the "founder" and "booster"."journalism",the masterpiece of xu baohuang(formerly known as journalism careless),in The Eastern Miscellany published serial laid the foundation framework of Chinese journalism theory.Moreover,a large number of journalism scholars such as Ge Gongzhen,Shao Piaoping,Ren Bai tao,they construct together the discipline stem of Chinese journalism and communication.From news ideas of enlightenment to the formation of the liberal academic position to journalism discipline system of preliminary build," the early Chinese journalism research of every key nodes is closely related to the Eastern Miscellany.These presentations are of significance for how to stick to the ethics of journalism,how to play the guiding function of newspapers and how to realize the transformation of journalists and paper media.