By Jingrong Tong
ISBN-10: 1441101047
ISBN-13: 9781441101044
In the framework of democratic societies, investigative journalism is deemed as serving the general public curiosity, aiding continue a fit public sphere and assisting to carry strength into consideration. The beliefs of a democratic society justify the assumption and perform of investigative journalism. Alternately, smooth China runs an authoritarian method of the one-party rule, so the place does the belief of investigative journalism slot in? Why can investigative journalism seem in such an authoritarian society and with what features?
Investigative Journalism in China examines the 4 features of chinese language investigative journalism (the concept of investigative journalism and its comparability opposed to Western contexts; the Development/Influence; newshounds and their paintings; and the affects on society), by utilizing empirical information from Dr. Jingrong Tong's fieldwork at newsrooms (the Southern Metropolitan Daily and the Dahe Daily) in 2006, seventy three in-depth-interviews performed from 2004-2008, and the research of inner and public records and media circumstances for you to adequately survey the sphere and placed it in context.
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Investigative journalism is expected to work like a medicine that can cure all types of diseases. The expected function of investigative 20 Investigative Journalism in China journalism and the expectations of its functions show the special meaning of investigative journalism in China. The liberal journalism tradition in the twentieth century The journalism tradition in the late Qing Dynasty, combining the missions of Confucian intellectuals and some Western liberal democratic thoughts that were, for the first time introduced in the New Culture Movement (xin wenhua yundong), called for freedom of the press, and advocated an idea of “media supervision” (meiti jiandu).
Investigative journalism therefore plays an important role in the process of election. In China, however, there are no alternative political parties, as there is a one-Party political system in this country. The CCP is thought to represent the people, as the people are thought of as being unable to make a right choice. Chinese investigative journalists inherit this attitude from the ruling Party and regard the public’s need as having to be told, enlightened, and guided. These aspects influence the investigative journalists’ conception of the social function of investigative journalism in China.
The Legitimate Function of Investigative Journalism in China The distinctive difference between investigative journalisms in China and the Western world therefore lies in their legitimate social functions, as an outcome of their different historical and philosophical origins. Modern investigative journalism in China is a realistic practice of traditional missions for intellectuals, which gives journalists a sense of media freedom, and which is justified by the CCP’s requirement for criticism 28 Investigative Journalism in China and self-criticism.
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