從辛亥前後香港報章對「革命」的取態看傳媒的政治角色: 以《香港華字日報》為例 = Reading the stance on 'revolution' of Wah Tsz Yat Po in Hong Kong, 1909-1913 : a study of media's political role.

香港在主流革命史學的敘述中一般被認為是推動辛亥革命的「搖籃」，但在革命黨人之外的社會大眾，對「革命」究竟有怎樣的取態？《香港華字日報》是這段時期香港銷量最大的華文報紙，仔細考察該報創辦的歷史及其1909-1913年的政治取態，可見該報是華商陳氏家族的一份現代產業，並無黨派認同，報紙內容與宗旨也頗具現代傳媒的新聞專業主義色彩，強調「中立」而較少傳統「文人論政」情懷。
本文選取1909-1913年的《香港華字日報》，剖析這五年的報紙中與「革命」相關的內容細節，認為這份報紙對「革命」並非積極推動，取態反而偏於保守，並順應時勢而調整：辛亥前報紙展現的「革命」介於傳統和現代之間，既是「犯上作亂」的傳統造反，又是謀求民族獨立、政治改良的現代革命；而辛亥之後，報紙不滿意革命黨建立的地方政府，轉而支持中央而強烈反對革命黨的「二次革命」。這樣的取態既反映了部份以往未得到充分審視的社會輿論，也與報紙自身的立場及處境有關。
Hong Kong is understood as the "birthplace" of the 1911 Revolution in mainstream studies of the Chinese Revolution. But besides the revolutionaries, how did ordinary people understand "revolution"? Wah Tsz Yat Po was the most widely circulated Chinese language newspaper in Hong Kong during the period concerned. The thesis is an in-depth study of the newspaper’s founding history and its political stance during 1909-1913. It is found that the newspaper was a modernised property owned by the Chan family in Hong Kong. It did not have political affiliations. Its content and objectives showed the newspaper’s emphasis on journalistic professionalism that was similar to that held by modern day mass media, preferring "neutrality" over the tradition of providing political comments.
The thesis closely examines the content of Wah Tsz Yat Po that was related to revolution during 1909-1913. It proposes that the newspaper did not play an active role in promoting revolution. Its stance was rather conservative instead and changed in accordance with political developments. Before the revolution of 1911, the newspaper regarded "revolution" as something between tradition and modernity. It was understood as a "rebellion against the authorities" in the traditional sense and also as a way to attain national independence and political reform in the modern sense. After 1911, the newspaper was against the local government set up by the revolutionists. It then turned its support to Yuan’s central government and took a strong oppositional stance towards "the Second Revolution" initiated by Sun’s revolutionary party. Its stance not only reflected some of the public opinions that were not fully examined but was also related to the newspaper’s own position and situation as well.
Detailed summary in vernacular field only.
Detailed summary in vernacular field only.
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Thesis (M.Phil.) Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2014.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-107).
s in Chinese and English.
Dian Dian.
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