News media reporting on civil litigation and its influence on civil justice decision making

The news media have the potential to act as a powerful influence on the civil litigation system, influencing decision making in particular cases and on the system more generally as media reports influence the decision making of various participants in the system. This paper reviews the research that has examined the relationship between news media reporting and civil litigation and proposes a framework that integrates this work and provides guidance for future research efforts. Specifically, we discuss the nature of media reporting on civil litigation, perceptions of the civil litigation system held by the public and legal actors, and the potential influence of news reporting about civil litigation on the decision making of jurors, judges, civil litigants, and policymakers. Overall, the research suggests that news reporting of civil litigation presents a systematically distorted picture of civil litigation and that this reporting can influence perceptions and outcomes of civil litigation in various ways. However, there are many gaps in the existing research that need to be filled. The proposed organizational scheme helps to identify ways that future research can provide links between the findings of existing research and to identify ways in which this research can be extended to new areas.     

新闻从业者的媒介角色认知--兼论舆论监督的记者主体作用

调查表明,在上海这个国内经济活动最为活跃、舆论监督却乏善可陈的城市,"以天下为己任"的道德传统,依然是今天的新闻从业者个人价值体系中的重要底色。对于大多数新闻从业者来说,选择从事新闻工作,更多地是出于对大众传播媒介所能够担负起重要的社会道义责任的向往,同时也出于自身的兴趣爱好。至于对名利的追逐,显然并不是选择新闻业的首要因素。这一点,正是记者作为正在走向专业化的个体,在新闻媒介实行舆论监督当中发挥作用的重要思想基础。     

在出版传播实践中推动“文化入侨”——探索为密切海内外同胞关系服务的有效途径

推动“文化人侨”，增强海外同胞对中华传统文化的认同感和归属感，对于密切海内外同胞关系具有重要意义。通过出版传播推动“文化入侨”是密切海内外同胞关系的重要方式。以中国致公出版社为平台，中国致公党在出版传播实践中推动“文化入侨”大有可为。     

论警察与媒体的通融

构筑警方与媒体的和谐是我们的应有之义。改善和发展警察公共关系需要借助媒体的力量,良好的媒体关系有助于提升警察形象。媒体是警察与公众联系的桥梁和纽带,警方借助媒体发布正面的信息从而争取公众对警察工作的支持,使“执法者”与服务对象融为一体,共同维护治安、打击犯罪。     

网络传媒下公共治理的危机及其对策

随着互联网技术的发展和普及,公共治理日益显现在大众的视域内。网络传媒的任意性、霸权性和非理性会导致公共治理失序、失范和失真,对我国政府形象和执政理念形成强烈的冲击。在此背景下,我们要不断加强网络传媒与公共治理者的互动和交流,建立政府公共服务网,规范和引导网络话语,以期更好地化解网络传媒力量日益强大背景下我国公共治理的危机。     

去偏求和:透视美国媒体近年来对华报道的定势因素

受多种原因的影响,美国的媒体报道尤其是针对中国的报道往往有失偏颇,甚至可以说是荒谬的偏见。本文通过分析美国媒体的荒谬报道及其背后的文化定势机制,提示美国媒体必须抛弃偏见,彻底摒弃几百年来的文化定势,在理解和和谐中谋求世界各国的共同发展。     

从“张金柱现象”到孙伟铭案的法学家“理性”——以媒体法治角色的社会责任担当为视角

孙伟铭案与张金柱案都是让社会各界大为震动的大案。媒体对张金柱案的密集报道还引发了民意求死的“张金柱现象”。而对孙伟铭案，媒体对孙伟铭及亲属在孙伟铭因为特大交通事故被判处“死刑立即执行”后，刑事死刑判决挤压民事赔偿过程中，采取给孙伟铭、孙林披“好人”、“善人”和“动人”等外衣，美化其“善意”、“伟大”或者受人尊重言行的民意求生的思路，试图将孙伟铭及亲属的保命型被动赔偿“塑造成”孙伟铭刑事案件的“悔罪积极”。这种过度美化孙伟铭及亲属的媒体报道，是媒体没有很好履行其社会责任，准确定位其在特大事件、重大事件中报道中的社会责任；而法学家在死刑判决下达后也站出来对判决结果进行“不理性”、“感情用事”的指责，对于这些不良的行为习惯，应当给予纠正。     

萨瑟兰的不同交往理论及其启示

不同交往理论是美国著名犯罪学家萨瑟兰解释犯罪的一个重要理论,它在美国犯罪学研究史上曾大放异彩。从萨瑟兰的不同交往理论的9个命题出发,并结合我国国情,由此可得到对于我国立法、青少年犯罪预防及犯罪分子改造的有益启示;而以我国传统文化为基点,则该理论对我国的现实价值有更深刻的认识。     

注重提高领导干部同媒体打交道的能力

提高领导干部同媒体打交道的能力，是提高党的执政能力、构建社会主义和谐社会、推进政治民主化、在国际舆论中掌握主动权的现实需要。近年来党和政府越来越重视提高领导干部同媒体打交道的能力，但目前仍存在着很多问题，主要表现为领导干部缺乏同媒体打交道的意识、干涉媒体的正常工作、欠缺同媒体打交道的素养等方面。要提高领导干部同媒体打交道的能力，既要发挥领导干部自身的主观能动性，又要建立与媒体相关的法律规范与体制机制。     

Policy Narratives across Two Languages: A Comparative Study using the Narrative Policy Framework

The Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) focuses on the role of narratives, drawing from a rich scholarship in narrative, language, and culture. Despite the understanding that narratives are constructions of language and that narrative construction differs across languages, NPF studies have not focused on policy narratives in languages other than English. Language characteristics of narratives are important to assess the stability of policy narratives when there are multiple dominant languages in a political system. This study investigates the use of narrative elements in policy narratives in agricultural biotechnology policy in India across Hindi and English media coverage to examine the NPF assumption that narratives have generalizable narrative elements irrespective of variation in linguistic context and, specifically, tests the transportability of narrative elements. Findings validate the transportability of narrative elements in Hindi narratives, indicate variation in the use of narrative elements over time, and have implications for applying NPF across languages.