从“维基解密”看新媒体对西方主权国家利益的挑战--兼论新媒体对新闻自由的影响

摘要

In the recent years,the Internet,as the representative of new media,with its rapid spread,convenient interaction,low cost,and high participation rate,has opened up a new era of elevated public’s right to know,enhanced transparency of the government’s work and powerful monitoring of the government’s and enterprises’ work. While benefiting the government and the public, the new media also brings about great impact to sovereign states’ interests due to its uniqueness,especially in western countries which uphold press freedom. We must pay attention to its dual impact on the sovereign states’ interests due to its uniqueness. Therefore,this paper takes WikiLeaks for example,from the perspective of politics and news communication,discusses the new media’s challenges on state interests and its role in promoting press freedom.%近年来，互联网作为新媒体的代表，因其传播快速、互动方便、成本低、参与度高的优势，开创了一个公众知情权提高、政府工作透明度提升、对政府和企业工作能够进行有力监督的新时代。在为政府和公众带来显著益处的同时，新媒体也因其特殊性对主权国家利益产生了巨大的冲击，这一影响在提倡新闻自由的西方国家体现得最为明显。对于新媒体的研究，必须要看到其特殊性对主权国家利益带来的双面影响。基于此，以“维基解密”事件为例，运用政治学和新闻传播学双重视角，探讨新媒体对国家利益带来的挑战，以及对新闻自由的推动。