Experts talk about "tapping the door": the Western media's freedom of the press is self-proclaimed

"Tapping" incident is just the Western media's self-proclaimed freedom of the press

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Recently, due to eavesdropping scandal triggered outrage, "News of the World", has completed over 168 years in the release history, a stop. And this scandal did not come to an end today, wiretapping scandal triggered by the "domino" is attracting worldwide media attention. It affects not only the world public opinion, and spread the news created by Murdoch empire. July 28 afternoon, the Chinese Research Institute of Press and Publication and Fan Jun, vice president of Communication Research, Communication University of China Liu Chang common guest's Network "from the" tapping "incident to see the pattern of Western public opinion" series of interviews on the "eavesdropping door "cause of the incident, a Western government and media relations and other issues with the majority of users were online exchange.

The two experts said in an interview, the bottom line is the responsibility of press freedom, freedom without responsibility does not exist. Western media, the so-called freedom of the press is a kind of narcissism, the value to be completely independent, it is impossible to determine independently. "Eavesdropping scandal" wake-up call to media practitioners, this is a trend throughout the media the opportunity to re-reflection.

"Tapping the door" to the loss of integrity

The result is the industry's cut-throat competition

In recent years, the Western news media in pursuit of stimulation, trying to "Star", "fishy", "sex" as a selling point, selling sex, political scandal. There are comments that "World News" came crashing down is in it to meet the needs of the public media journalists when trampled on the red line.

In this regard, Liu Chang that "tapping the door," the outbreak of the Murdoch media empire with the rapid expansion of the vicious. "The survey shows that every four British men, there is a man read" The Sun ", which every five British women who read a tabloid. Sell a selling point, so gossip has become a British media a unique landscape, while this effect behind, in fact, is the most important commercial interests of the game, is the result of vicious competition between the industry, is an evil brought about by competition. "Liu Chang said.

In Fan Jun view, the Government or public media to expose public figures are often condoned the secret. "There is a mentality that public figures share of public resources, and influential, it is necessary to withstand this pressure, often the larger the figure, the more the more influential figures to create news, but the eavesdropping case, the little girl just an ordinary person, ordinary people's privacy can not be guaranteed, so triggering public panic among the media very severe competition between them have acquired, there are mergers and acquisitions, but also outdo itself. "tapping doors' events gave rise to the loss of credibility, especially after the network easier to disclosure of information, thus causing panic in people's hearts. "Jun Fan said.

The bottom line is the responsibility of freedom of the press

There is no freedom without responsibility

At present, some Western news media in order to win the competition, in order to obtain the so-called "exclusive", and willfully violated citizens' privacy, such a "liberal" media has apparently trampled on the moral integrity and social bottom line, and even violated the law. "In fact we all know are aware, the Western press is not free, because no country, no matter how their form of government, the government never completely regardless of the media, letting the media, the so-called freedom of the press is a self-advertised to be completely independent of the value, it is impossible to determine independently. "Liu Chang-view, the so-called freedom, whether freedom of the press Ye Hao, Ye Hao freedom of the press, it's the bottom line is the responsibility and the responsibility of freedom does not exist of.

In this regard, Fan Jun agree wholeheartedly. In his view, the so-called freedom, is to have a certain space and constraints, this constraint is the professional constraints. "We often say, you have creative freedom, the freedom of speech, but once you spread out, there are restrictions of this freedom, spread to what extent, spread to any person, to what areas of communication is not the same, because each country conditions, are not the same for each local customs, such as in the United Kingdom that is not what happened, but the other developed countries to become a major event. journalistic ethics is to be socially responsible. grasp of information dissemination out later is harmful to society, or harmless. "Jun Fan said.

"We now have a misconception that the Western press is not always the freedom to criticize what I am, this is our mistake, the West is smart, I did not say that I am free, but I can not criticize you freedom, which point is that we must slowly learn to point in the strengthening of national capacity-building in communication when we should also note that when the time does not criticize others require you to have to be perfect, you can not criticize other people do the same, this is a kinds of communication skills. "Liu Chang said.

Sounded the alarm to employees

The audience should also seriously reflect on

"Tapping" incident in the aftermath of the media continue to spread these things is for media practitioners sounded the alarm. LIU Chang believes that this trend of the entire media is also a good opportunity to rethink not only the reflection on professional conduct, as well as reflection on individual responsibility. In Fan Jun view, the Western media is more subject to legal constraints, but the lack of moral restraint. For the "tapping" incident from the media to reflect on their own terms, should reflect society and the government.

It is understood that Diana August 31, 1997 after the death of the British media has done a reflection to the reflection as the inflection point, the British tabloid circulation, advertising volume fell, while major newspapers, a serious newspaper circulation and the amount of advertising will grow substantially. "This, too, is not news it must meet the readers, listeners, viewers, Internet users? Results again proved that cater to the results, the results can only be caused to please 'three vulgar' foreign scholars put forward, the ratings are the source of all evil , TV shows get the ratings that matter will be problems, not solve the ratings supremacy of the evaluation system, it can not solve the current proliferation of 'three popular' tendency to do the same newspaper, the news is not what you do is you want to see certain What, like reading anything, want to hear what you what to do, this is very important in the digital age, in the digital media age, high-quality media more and more important. "Liu Chang said.

However, Liu Chang also believes that "tapping" incident occurred after the Do not put all the blame to the media, as the audience of public responsibility lie? Searching for the public's curiosity and mental stimulation is in turn also to the media hype? This should also seriously reflect on the public.