Rumors Of The Lost Of Malaysia Airlines MH370

On March 8th,2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 lost contacts. Due to this plane kept lost, and the public could not get clear and comprehensive information about this event from the official, rumors about this event appeared rapidly, and caused a significant social influence. Different from rumors before, the media and public were highly involved in the production of rumors.Because of the advancement of communication technologies, the production of rumors about Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 lost show some new features.The author focuses on three aspects in this paper:the contents of rumors on the lost of Malaysia Airlines MH370, the media and public how involved in the production of rumors and why rumors producted.Rumors on the lost of Malaysia Airlines MH370 are true denotation expansion and associated with sensitive or major political events.Compared with rumors of war, daydreaming type rumors possess higher proportion in this event.Under the pressure and challenges, media has become an important producer of rumors.The public also product rumours because of information anxiety and ideographic demand.The media and the public product rumors together.The lost of Malaysia Airlines MH370 occurred insensitivedomestic environment and tensive international background.The public is eager to know the truth, but not satisfied from the official channels. So they turn to other channels.In the process of looking for the truth, because of the individual psychological and behavioral distortion, rumours formed. And in the process of group interaction, under the action of social psychology rumors formed a widely circulated version.On the basis of studying about the case,the author found that rumors is an result of self-protection when the media in the face of pressure and chalenge.Information anxiety not only gave rise to rumors but also make the rumors disappeared quickly.Based on the reflection of these two new findings, the author believes that the media should release effective information, improve the professionalismand digest rumors positivly.At the same time, We should strengthen the self-purification mechanism of network society, so that the public could play a positive role in the rumours.