The News Media In The Nanjing Massacre

Along with the development of society, the function of the populace media which displays in the social life is more and more prominent. The historical question between China and Japan in the populace media report holds the important position. And the populace media report also affects the public opinion in the very great degree, and finally has the neglect influence to the relations between the two countries. The Nanking massacre is the most representative theme in the populace media report. After the Sino-Japanese War Chinese news media was concentrated on excavating and reporting this historical event, and the dynamics of reports is increasing unceasingly.This article takes 921 news reports of Nanking massacre of Nanjing's three newspapers publication since the founding of the nation as the research object, from the quantity, the length, the version position, the subject, the fact illustrated, the title as well as essential words and so on, carring on the thorough analysis. We searches from the analysis that the different time newspapers about the historical event report of Nanking massacre whose quantity and the content emphasis point are different as well as the change tendency. And we finally discover that when the mainstream media of Nanjing reported the news of Nanking massacre, it has embarked emphatically from the historical fact. The news report is to expose the words and deeds that Japanese right wing attempted to tamper with the history and to obliterate the historical truth by reporting the truth of Nanking massacre. And the report carries on the counter-attack by the fact of history to Japanese right wing. Now, the media displays the rational manner in the Nanking massacre more and more.