Media Criticism General Theory

Author: Liu Jianming
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: [Editor's Recommendation] The "media criticism" discussed in this book does not refer to investigative or supervisory reporting, but rather to a theoretical paradigm like "literary criticism." For a long time, a neglected discipline within the field of journalism has been attracting attention from the journalism industry and journalism research circles—this is the study of critical analysis of news and news media. The emergence of this academic field is not accidental but rather the result of strong reflection from management authorities, audiences, and journalists on how to analyze and evaluate news works, how to recognize and criticize media behavior, which increasingly stimulates the thinking of researchers and the general public. Media criticism guides people to scientifically analyze news works and media activities, enabling audiences to correctly understand news and guiding journalists to grasp news quality from the perspective of news criticism. This requires moving deeper into the realm of news feedback and studying it as an independent discipline. In fact, articles commenting on journalists, media, and news pieces are becoming increasingly common, and a group of media critics is gradually forming. The establishment of media criticism also lies in its ability to establish new standards for news writing and news selection, forming the behavioral guidelines for news review activities. Within the journalism industry, selecting excellent manuscripts, summarizing reporting successes and failures, and the discussions and decisions editors make when choosing manuscripts all involve knowledge related to media criticism, yet such systematic knowledge was previously inaccessible.