Critique of Western News Theory

Author: Xu Yaokui
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Publish Date: 1998-04-01
Features: Xinhua News Communication Book Series. "A Critique of Western News Theories" is a national "Eight-Five" news discipline project and has been included in the national "Nine-Five" publishing plan. This project is based on analyzing and explaining the essence of news theories that originated in developed Western countries from both factual and theoretical perspectives. It reveals the interrelationships between the news industry and the political, economic, social, and cultural development of Western countries, and provides a proper and realistic analysis and critique of Western news theories as well as the role and function of the news industry in social development. Analyzing and understanding Western news theories and the news practices guided by them are of great significance for Chinese news professionals to correctly view Western news media, guard against, and prevent a few malicious individuals internationally from using news media to culturally invade and infiltrate China.