Collective Memory Construction In The Memorial Report Of The Nanjing Massacre

Commemorative reports play an important role in guiding public opinion,strengthening the collective memory of the nation and enhancing national cohesion.In recent years,the Japanese authorities still have a negative attitude towards the historical facts of the Nanjing Massacre,and have repeatedly obstructed the excavation and dissemination of historical facts,challenged the bottom line of Sino-Japanese relations and world peace and stability,so it is particularly important to strengthen the spread of the Nanjing Massacre.2014 China will be established every year December 13 as the Nanjing Holocaust victims of the National Festival Day,the commemoration of the Nanjing Massacre thus rose to the height of the country,causing widespread concern from all walks of life.As a local media,Xinhua newspaper Group has invoked all its resources to spread it strongly,and has achieved good communication results both domestically and internationally.Based on this,this paper selects the two most influential newspapers of different nature,Xinhua daily and Yangzi Evening News,to analyze the characteristics of the commemorative reports of the Nanjing Massacre,and to sum up experience,so as to better guide the dissemination of the commemorative report of the Nanjing Massacre.This paper selects the December commemorative articles,which are the most concentrated in the annual report from 2014 to 2017,as the object of study,selects the content analysis method,carries on the statistics to the report quantity,the layout,the subject and so on variables,finds the two in addition to the Concentrated Festival Day day,in the whole month to the Nanjing Massacre report is continuous,Embodying the importance attached by the local media to the Nanjing Massacre;According to the report layout,the relevant reports are mostly focused on the highlights and special editions,but the proportion of the two is different,the proportion of the highlights of the Xinhua Daily News is large,and the proportion of the special topic of the Yangzi evening paper is more than half of its coverage,which is in line On the subject of the report,the two reports on the festival day activities,followed by attention to the Holocaust evidence,the Japanese attitude is not much attention,more attention to international voice and patriotism education.At the same time,Xinhua newspaper Group uses new media technology to realize the interactive spread of online and offline,which is a powerful attempt of media fusion practice.From the reappearance of memory,the theme and connotation of remembrance,and the content analysis of the subject and object of memory,it is found that the local media mainly constructs the collective memory of the Nanjing Massacre by highlighting the identity of the victims,emphasizing international identity,paying attention to the evidence of the Holocaust and attaching importance to the education of the historical view,with prominent local and emphasis on Narrative,multivariate construction and other characteristics,reflecting the Nanjing Holocaust Commemorative Report has the political function of making our country master the international voice,enhancing the social function of national cohesion and establishing the correct historical view of the educational function.At the same time,the report has a significant reduction in attention,"resistance" and "trauma" narrative imbalance,the reality of the survivors are not enough attention to the issue,it is necessary for the media to reflect further on how to do a good job in the Nanjing Massacre commemorative report,shoulder the responsibility of communication,so that the Nanjing Massacre truly become the collective memory of the People.