A Study Of The Political Role Of American Press In The Progressive Era

In the era of American progress,journalism is in a special period of structural adjustment and transformation.With the development of economy,the news industry can try to get rid of the control of the political party by changing the source of income;with the development of communication and printing technology,it has expanded and enriched the way of news communication;the conflict between New Journalism and information journalism has injected new blood into the development of the news industry;the exposure of social problems brought by the economic transformation has given birth to the news people's self-control The awakening of social responsibility.This series of transformation and adjustment of the press has greatly changed the role of news in the social and political development of the United States.It can be said that the unique characteristics and political role of the news transformation in the progressive era can actually be regarded as a kind of stress response of the whole era to make up for the Democratic defects in the transformation period.The independence of news makes the transformation of news industry possible.In fact,whether it is the disclosure and supervision attribute of news in this period or the commercial advertising attribute of capital supremacy,it is to meet the unique requirements of the whole social transformation for the news industry.This paper consists of introduction,text and conclusion.The introduction part generally describes the contents of the whole article as well as the purpose and significance of the main topic of the paper:including the purpose and value of the research of the political role of the press during the progressive era,besides which,works and articles that have a great impact on the author's research,summaries of the basic structure and research methods of the paper.Moreover,because this paper involves some interdisciplinary contents of Journalism and communication,the author also defines these interdisciplinary definitions in the related concept definition part.The first chapter of the text mainly go through the description of the relationship between journalism and politics before the American Progressive era,explains the reasons why journalism plays its political role in the American Progressive era,including the evolution of the political role of journalism,as well as the basis for IndependentJournalism to promote political reform and development.The second chapter of the text,mainly through the microscopical description of the progressive era and the main political practice of the press in this period,explains the political role of the press in the progressive era,and attempts to confirm the existence of the logical chain of the disclosure report,the change of public opinion and the change of public policy published by the media.The third chapter of the text is a whole view of the politcal role of the press in the progressive era.The conclusion part includes the summary of the whole paper as well as writers own idea of the press.The conclusion part mainly summarizes the whole paper,and puts forward the author's own point of view according to the article.