Research On The Construction Of Collective Memory In The Wenchuan Earthquake Memorial Report

The wenchuan earthquake,one of the most severe and influential earthquakes since the founding of new China,has become an unforgettable part of the history of natural disasters in China.Especially in recent years,China's media environment more open,ten years after the earthquake,we learn from the media,cognitive disaster disaster,this information also made our collective memory of the wenchuan earthquake.Collective memory is the result of subjective and objective functions,among which the media plays an important role.On the one hand,we use the media to "reproduce" the disaster scene and understand the event.On the other hand,the media's spreading of the disaster is also a process of re-awakening and re-adjusting memories.Wenchuan earthquake is one of the most seriously affected earthquakes since the founding of new China.Since 2009,our country has been media reports on the wenchuan earthquake memorial,wenchuan earthquake memorial reports the construction of collectiv e memory has become people"challenge does not forget history,"the road of the important spiritual food.The formation of collective memory is the result of the interaction of subjective and objective factors,among which the media plays a very important role in the process of constructing collective memory.On one hand,media memory is the main component of collective memory.On the other hand,the media not only can record history,still can sing in history,the media ACTS as a bridge that crosses from the"past"and"now",Memory recall through memorial reports is not only to reproduce historical events,but more importantly to endow the current meaning to them,so as to achieve the sense of identity in the concept,spirit and culture,so as to strengthen the collective identity and enhance national cohesion.The commemorative report of major historical events by media can arouse people's collective memory and play a decisive role in the concept,spirit and cultural identity.The author through to 10 years,the People's Daily reported the wenchuan earthquake memorial comb collecting,sorting and analyzing related articles,reports from the media coverage,the type,position and report the space layout analysis,and on this basis,found that the People's Daily,the wenchuan earthquake related articles placed in an important position in the agenda-setting,repeatedly USES the front page,headline,illustrations and other smart way,by the appropriate date back to the audience's attention.And take into account the different readers'reading requirements,use a variety of genre,different length of the article,present a more three-dimensional,readable news reports,the disaster of collective memory to readers to supplement and update the iteration.This paper further summarizes the construction of collective memory of wenchuan earthquake from the topics of report,key words and high-frequency words in the text,which are:paying attention to the disaster-affected people,post-disaster reconstruction,critical articles,praising outstanding figures in earthquake relief,progress in earthquake prevention and disaster reduction,commemorative activities and disaster memorial works.These six topics mainly present the reconstruction road of the whole country united as one in the face of the disaster,highly praise the participants' selfless dedication,concern for the psychological construction of the affected people,as well as the work deployment of disaster prevention and reduction projects,bearing in mind the disaster and facing the future.and then in the perspective of theory of collective memory,further from "news ceremony recreate earthquake memory","image selection down disaster picture",""selective attention"highlight positive content"three aspects to explore summarizes the"5.12"wenchuan earthquake of the construction of collective memory strategy.Finally,the paper explore from the deeper thinking the "5.12"wenchuan earthquake,the People's Daily construction of collective memory behind meaning:by anniversary ceremony of"news",the newspaper periodically to awaken,collective suffering experience with positive text construct positive collective memory,set up the glorious image of the government and its staff,emphasize the superiority of socialism,so as to achieve condensed population,strengthening social identity,reveal the role of country image.