Changes in media

Author: Zhang Suihua
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: Although satirists are not as harsh toward journalists as they are toward people in other professions, and the public's hostile resentment toward them is not as intense as it is toward incompetent doctors, foolish soldiers, or arrogant bankers, people still seem to hold journalists in disdain and suspicion. Is news a medium or a form of ideological dissemination? How powerful are the pen? Is the power bestowed upon the media excessive at times? Can highly developed information dissemination avoid the pitfalls of anarchy? This issue will explore all these questions.