Journalism is a science that studies news laws and journalism. It mainly studies the relationship between news and society, the characteristics, functions and applications of various news media, the history, present situation and development law of journalism, and the management of journalism. The following Haitian Postgraduate Entrance Examination introduces the journalism major offered by Communication University of China in detail.
1. Direction of news history
As one of the three major components of journalism (news history, news theory and news business), the study of news history takes the development history of human news communication as the object, explores the activities and development laws of news information communication in human society as the main purpose, and takes news communication in different historical periods around the world as the specific research content. By combing the longitudinal context and horizontal comparative study of the history of news communication in human society, we can understand and grasp the position, function and influence of news communication system in human social system, and lay the foundation for news communication research.
The key research contents of the history of journalism and communication include: the history of human journalism and communication thought, the history of news and communication system development, the history of news and communication media evolution, the comparative history of news and communication in various countries and so on. At the same time, it pays full attention to the history of news communication business, the study of news figures and the development history of media technology. This paper takes Marxist historical materialism as the main guiding principle, fully absorbs other scientific and reasonable social science theories and research systems, and explores the laws of news information dissemination in different historical periods through solid historical research methods such as literature, horizontal comparison, field investigation and data statistics, so as to provide useful reference results and information for the construction of journalism in Socialism with Chinese characteristics today.
The specific training goal of this major is: through two years' systematic and solid professional study, students can fully understand and master the basic development law and historical development path of human news communication, be familiar with the basic situation of news communication in the world, be able to grasp the future trend of news communication in a forward-looking way, and become high-level and compound news communication professionals with rich and solid professional basic knowledge, strong professional historical vision and innovative development ability. Graduates will have good scientific research quality and practical communication skills, and can enter media institutions and scientific research institutes to engage in related work (enlightenment education). The teaching staff in this direction is a combination of old and young, with strong scientific research strength. In addition to the basic courses of journalism and communication, there are also professional core courses such as Chinese journalism history research, foreign journalism history research and Russian mass media research.
2. Direction of news theory
Journalism theory is in the basic and core position in the discipline system of journalism. Its purpose is to understand the basic principles of journalism, explore the basic laws of news communication activities, master the basic principles and methods of news work, establish a Marxist view of news communication, and consciously use news laws to guide news practice. The main contents of news theory research include four parts: news ontology research, news science research, news political norms and business norms research, news practitioners and news education research. Guided by dialectical materialism and historical materialism, we should pay attention to speculation, introduce empirical research appropriately, and mainly adopt qualitative research methods to enhance the scientific nature of theoretical research and its guiding role in practice. The focus and feature of the study is to explore the establishment of a scientific, systematic and open Socialism with Chinese characteristics news theory system.
This direction emphasizes the close combination of theoretical study, scientific research training and media practice, and guides students to establish a Marxist view of journalism and a strong sense of social responsibility, become qualified socialist journalists, and better shoulder the historical mission of information providers, public opinion guides and civilized communicators. Make students have a correct view of news, a solid level of policy theory, good professional quality and excellent practical skills of news communication. After graduation, you can enter the news media, party and government propaganda departments and scientific research institutes to engage in relevant news propaganda practice and theoretical research.
There are abundant teachers in this direction, especially in the research fields of basic news theory, public opinion guidance, news policy, media criticism and so on. In addition to the basic courses of journalism and communication, there are also core courses such as the frontier of journalism theory research, media criticism research, and the theory and practice of news spokespersons.