"World News" tabloid folded a shame that the press

To stabilize the audience, the British tabloids are popular to the "informer" to pay information costs, regardless of the legality of sound recordings, they are bold enabled. "Illegal information" in the UK market place, while the British media have the budget, so the "World News" Close is not surprising

In the Internet and other new media to suppress the development of traditional paper media era, not "illegal" means to obtain exclusive information, print media can only wait to close down. Than speed, keep up the network transfer printing paper, than the depth of news content, if there is no "informants" to provide exclusive content, but also catch the eye readers, newspaper sales fell, there will be a crisis of survival. Recently, the media, Rupert Murdoch News Corp. 's big Henglubote tabloid "News of the World" alleged "phone tapping", to obtain illegal information to ensure that newspaper circulation, eventually leading to cease publication. "International Finance" correspondent learned from a number of media experts at, no matter how brutal competition in the industry, as journalists, must be the bottom line and a good grasp of journalistic ethics laws and the bottom line, the only way to readers, while respecting the preservation of their own safety .

Eavesdropping may also come back?

"Thank You & Good Bye", which is July 10 "World News" issue of the last issue of the subject. Although the accident newspaper ceased publication, but they are confronted with the issue of accountability relevant parties. Heads up the British capital London police, Sir Paul 罗斯特芬森 July 13 will be a public apology, but police do not intend to part of some police officers in connection with the newspaper "trading information on cases," do interpret. Analysts believe that the "information trading" has become traditional media survive the necessary means, the British police and government can only warning to others, rather than fundamentally to prevent such incidents, which the country has long reading habits have a direct relationship.

The traditional British afternoon tea is a habit, and reading and talking about all kinds of scandals is most essential to the British daily "homework." This brings up a question worth considering: Murdoch wrong? Some people think he was just a journalist from the perspective of the reader favorite to collect the content of the readers are most interested in the content presented, from the perspective of journalists, News Corp. did not break the law.

In fact, in Britain, until now, no matter how many people are too shocked, this is just some very ordinary "little scandal," but the object into the media itself. A 1990s worked at the local newspaper reporters that the United Kingdom, Princess Diana after the accident, a reporter tapped private telephone, such scandals occur frequently.

To stabilize the audience, the British tabloids are popular to the "informer" to pay information costs, regardless of the legality of sound recordings, they are bold enabled. "Illegal information" in the UK market place, while the British media have the budget, and the "News of the World," the closure is not surprising, its demise does not mean tabloid culture will immediately disappear. But Murdoch's media to quell the flames of war, may be no "new content" report, only a direct impact on newspaper circulation only.

Morality has been lost forever?

In any case, the disappearance of the tabloid, the consequences is to change the habits of readers, go to look for alternatives. But to see the judicial process, Murdoch's newspaper violated the personal information, interfering with the judicial process, is indeed illegal. Previously, the British media used to eavesdrop on "Celebrity Privacy", and now with the development of new media, the public protection of privacy in the open door, expect a wave of privacy protection of the general public from the UK set off, and quickly spread to the world range.

Fudan University journalism professor Li Liangrong In an interview, "International Finance News" reporter, said, "News of the World," covers a wider wiretapping scandal, has not simply violate privacy of celebrities, has expanded to the privacy of ordinary people, expected that this case will set off a worldwide storm of privacy protection.

Nanjing University School of Journalism and Communication Director of Academic Committee Dingbo Quan, "International Finance" correspondent, the "World News" and had to exit the fuse because it violated the "two" bottom line, one journalistic ethics and moral bottom line, the other is legal bottom line. This gives the Chinese media and the significance of warning employees, peers and then the fierce competition, two more than the bottom line must not violate, or public opinion would be criticized, even by their own conscience, without conscience, and conscience, and certainly not engaged in journalism. He believes that China has already been a similar handful of practitioners and the media, they and the "World News" has a similar practice and performance, this behavior is dangerous, we should draw lessons from the case, to establish a "self-concept . "

Li Liangrong said after the election of new media, traditional media to survive pressure, particularly intense competition among various types of media. As media workers, in the increasing competitive pressure of the moment, should learn to protect themselves, or not known in advance in order to complete the task and take the risk. In China, the media lost a high rate, often suffer reporters. In Western countries, the media lost the low rate against the U.S. rate was 20%. (Wang Liying)