1978 年以来中国媒体追求新闻自由的努力研究 = A study on the quest for freedom of press by Chinese media professionals in China since 1978

作者：J Wang · 发表于：UTS ePRESS (University of Technology Sydney) · 年份：2013 · 研究领域：Educational Reforms and Innovations

This thesis is a systematic study on the practice and theoretical exploration of the freedom of press in China since 1978.It sets out to uncover the struggles of China's media professionals at different stages in the reform era of China and evaluate these struggles in the theoretical perspective of the freedom of press.To this end, the thesis provides a critical examination of the theory and practice of the freedom of press in China since 1978, with a focus on the conflicts between the quest for the freedom of press and the reality of China's totalitarian and post-totalitarian regime.It also carries out analysis of other factors shaping the degree of the freedom of press in China, such as the pre-PRC experiences with the free press, value change in the era of reform and opening to the outside world, the influence of market forces and the spread of the internet.The findings of the thesis demonstrate that, although the Chinese media is still heavily censored by the communist regime, many professionals working in the Chinese media industry have always been determined to break free from the control of the Party and to achieve the freedom of press.This determination and incessant efforts made by generations of journalists have yielded limited but valuable results that have laid down the foundation for the eventual realisation of the freedom of press in China.This study makes an important contribution to the field at both theoretical and empirical levels.At the theoretical level, t...