The Deconstruction And Construction Of Mainstream Media Professionalism In The Post-truth Era

As the mainstream media of the ‘gatekeeper',based on the news selection,value judgment,ethics and social responsibility of professional media,it has created a rational and shared public domain for citizens,and gradually formed a solid consensus on the truth of the news and the truth.In the post-truth era,netizens are more convinced of the "alternative truth" reached by emotions and beliefs.The real reports of traditional authoritative media such as the mainstream media are no longer used as the criteria for the audience to judge the truth.The objectivity,professionalism,authority and credibility of professional media are all encountering unprecedented new challenges,which is undoubtedly a serious disintegration of mainstream media professionalism.As a prominent phenomenon in the current journalism industry and society,the post-truth has its basic laws of operation.Based on a large amount of literature,and on the content analysis and text analysis of social hotspots in recent years,the basic characteristics and internal logic of journalism in the post-truth era are summarized.Firstly,it analyzes the environmental characteristics of journalism in the post-truth era from the perspectives of media and society,and then introduces the "field" theory to explain the production characteristics of journalism in the post-truth era.At the same time,it uses Lasver's 5W model of the communication process.The theoretical basis,that is,the communicator,the content of communication,the channels of communication,the audience,and the effect of communication are studied in the dissemination characteristics of journalism in the post-truth era.Secondly,based on the above-mentioned characteristics,the case analysis method is used to elaborate the performance of mainstream media professionalism disintegration from the aspects of false news flooding,reversal of news,public opinion trials and media violence,and then from communication,psychology,sociology to show the existence of multi-interest expression is the root cause.Media technology,politics and business logic,netizen psychology,media professionalism and netizen media literacy clarify the reasons for the disintegration of mainstream media professionalism in the post-truth era.In the post-truth era,the mainstream media can still adhere to the core concepts and spiritual essence of journalism professionalism through changes in concepts,practices,systems,and so on.For example,transform government functions,establish a service-oriented and sunshine government,and enhance the credibility of the government and mainstream media;Intensify coverage of the mainstream media in the public sector,strengthen the interpretation of public services,and actively respond to people's concerns;Realize deep integration with new media and change professional roles to jointly shape truth consensus;With objective,true and comprehensive authoritative reports,elucidate the opinions of fairness and justice to regain the right to speak and explain the truth;The dual combination of other legal systems regulates media ethics.