Research On The Social History Of Hong Kong Progressive Newspapers (1927-1949)

The Chinese Revolution has experienced three historical periods which of the Civil War,the Anti-Japanese War and the Liberation War from 1927 to 1949.The Chinese Revolution is inseparable from the support of Public Opinion when it stand in every historical turning point.The progress Press of Hong Kong had play an important role in Chinese histoy.This paper use the progress Press of Hong Kong(1927-1949)as the research object and to research three questions: Firstly,to understand the development of the progress Press of Hong Kong;Secondly,we do research about the organization mode of leadership of the progress Press of Hong Kong;Thirdly,from the perspective of media and social interaction,this paper to make a study of the social interaction between the social and the progress Press of Hong Kong.The study found that in three revolution periods,according to different leadership organization property,the newspapers can be divided into four categories.Firstly,it is founded directly by the leadership of the communist party of China,they such as "XuaShang Newspaper","Calling","People" Magazine,etc;Secondly,it is founded by Democrats and keep close contacts with the communist party of China,such as the "Daily Life","LiBao","WenWei Po",etc;Thirdly,it is a mouthpiece of the Democratic Party,such as the "GuangMing Daily","the People ";The last is the newspaper which adhere the opinion of democracy and patriotic,such as the "Ta kung pao".The newspaper acts as a pioneer of public opinion in the revolution periods and presents different characteristics and style,and have its own historical development track.The study found that the Communist Party of China through to establish the Cultural Lines to guide the News Propaganda work.It includes to establish a good relationship with intellectuals,and use the Democratic Policy and the Economic strategy and the Military strategy and they should do well the work of the External Publicity.At the same time,the communist party of China pay attention to the political changes with the adjustment of the Propaganda strategy,experienced three changes: from "overthrowing the rule of the kuomintang(KMT)" to "the national anti-japanese" to "overthrow Chiang kai-shek" strategy changes.In addition,the economic factors and human beings are all interaction with the progress of Hong Kong newspapers.The progress of Hong Kong newspapers which guided by the communist party of China have present the following propaganda characteristics:adhere to the firm leadership core and adhere to timely and accurate strategic decisions of the News.