"Focus phenomenon" research

Author: Hu Liming
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This paper particularly emphasizes starting with problem identification, conducting case investigations, and meticulously dissecting case texts, as well as researching a large volume of related research findings and literature. It seeks to explore the communication patterns of focus news columns, analyze their existing strengths, weaknesses, and trends, and identify practical solutions to benefit the development of news operations. Since the mid-1990s, "focus" news columns, known for their distinctive feature of public opinion supervision, became popular across the country, becoming a unique media landscape in China's reform and opening-up and modernization process. This paper examines the basic characteristics of the "focus phenomenon" from the perspectives of sociology, political science, and communication studies. It investigates the political features, value systems, cultural environment, and social psychology of China during its social transformation, as well as the impact of communication policies on mass media. It also evaluates the role positioning of China's news media under the new economic operating environment.