The Rise Of Non-fiction In Chinese Journalism

This paper explores the emergence of nonfiction as a new genre and narrative in the context of the news crisis from the perspective of the sociology of Knowledge,the interaction between non-fiction and news is discussed from three aspects: The influence of specialty,objectivity and non-fiction on news media.Non-fiction literature is developed from reportage and Feature Literature.It is distinct from investigative reporting.From a professional point of view,journalists who turn to non-fiction writing construct an identity for non-fiction writing through practice and the enhancement and transformation of consciousness.In the aspect of objectivity,the interaction between non-fiction narrative and news objectivity includes subjective narrative,which is coordinated constantly.Editors and non-fiction writers keep objectivity in the interaction.From the perspective of the sociology of knowledge,objectivity as a professional norm,as an internalized knowledge,is transmitted,maintained,and reconstructed in non-fictional practical interactions.As far as the influence of non-fiction works on the press is concerned,the non-fiction works of the press influence the original feature articles to some extent,and the different writers compete for the right to explain the discourse of public issues.It also creates competition for the limited attention span of the reader.But in some case their content is complementary.Outside the press,non-fiction has gone public.The rich diversity of the main body of writing and the popular first-person perspective are important features of non-fiction.