【新唐人2011年11月2日讯】“中国记协理事会”在最近举行换届大会，跟以往不同的是，有许多网络媒体的代表第一次加入理事会。媒体工作者担心网络媒体将受到有关单位进一步的监管。
简称“中国记协”的“中华全国新闻工作者协会”，10月30号举行理事会换届大会，会议讨论和通过了新的协会章程，选举《新华社》社长田聪明连任记协主席，并大幅度增加新媒体主管在理事会中的比例。
百姓杂志前主编黄良天：“中国记协它实际上就是中宣部一个代表单位吧，说是民间的，实际上它是官方的一个组织，中宣部不好出面的由记协来协调。”
《美国之音》31号报导，在中国记协新一届理事会名单上，光明网、中国经济网、北方网、西部网等网络媒体的管理人员首次成为中国记协的理事。
百姓杂志前主编黄良天：“网络媒体的一些领导人进入，那就是说，他们有加强对这个网络媒体的掌控，现在我们很多传统媒体不是说，广播电视报纸它已经在中国读者里头，它已经失去它应该有的公信力，所以很多人都是，消息来源大部分来自于网络。”
清华大学新闻与传播学院教授、新媒体研究学者金兼斌接受《美国之音》采访时表示，网络媒体已经成为社会大众不可或缺的信息来源。
金兼斌说：“新媒体现在对我们的普通民众、对媒体、对政府也好，它展现出来的对我们日常生活的关联性，表达各种各样的声音，我们了解它的重要性与日俱增。所以，我们相关的一些组织对新媒体发展，包括社会媒体的发展，给予特别的关注。”
现在“中国记协”的组织范围扩展到网络媒体，有不少网友担心，网络自由的空间将会越来越窄。
媒体人、网路评论员鲁先生：“可能是把社会舆论监督这一块，搞成了一个官方的意图在里面，是不是？这是不利于社会民众的声音的反应。”
“中国产业报协会”副秘书长张国发也向媒体表示，网路媒体的影响力越来越大，“中国记协”将网路媒体的代表纳入理事会和自己的管理范畴，显示官方媒体对网路媒体的承认，但也可能会导致网路媒体进一步收紧。
近年来，中国不少公共事件、群体性事件或腐败大案，都是经由普通民众在网路上爆料，才引起各界关注、评论和挖掘，从而使真相大白，并促使当局处理解决。
百姓杂志前主编黄良天：“作为一个媒体由执政党来管，来掌控，这也是中国的特色之一，也是一个集权国家，一个独裁政权的一个象征之一，但是在这种掌控下的媒体，想要自己有所作为是很困难很困难。”
网友反应，“记协”既然是一个民间组织，那就应该支持网络媒体报导真相，而不应该以监督网络报导为由加以封锁屏蔽。
新唐人记者常春、黄容、薛莉采访报导。
China Journalists Association Tightens Grip On Internet
The China Journalists Association voted in new members
during its recent general assembly meeting.
Many online media had joined the association,
but now they’re worried that this latest move by the association
is a sign that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
is ready to further tighten its grip on the Internet.
“China Journalists" refers to
“All-China Journalists Association.”
On Oct. 30, the organization held a general assembly
meeting to discuss and pass proposed articles of association,
and vote in Tian Congming, the president of
XinHua News Agency, as its next chairman.
Many news media companies joined the council.
Huang Liangtian, former chief editor of Baixing Magazine,
“In fact, the China Journalists Association is a subsidiary of
the Chinese Propaganda Deptartment. (CPD)
People think it is a civil organization,
but it’s actually a branch of the CCP regime.
It helps coordinate the media when the CPD isn’t able to.”
On Oct. 31, Voice of America reported that managers from
Guangming Net, China Econimic Net, Enorth Net,
and Cnwest Net have been recently added to
China Journalists’ council member list.
Huang Liangtian, former chief editor of Baixing Magazine:
“The fact that
some online media leaders joined the council means
the CCP wants to strengthen its control of online media.
Currently, traditional media such as radio, TV,
and newspapers has lost its credibility, in the eyes of the Chinese people.
So now, most Chinese get their news from the Internet.”
Jin Jianbin, a New Media Research scholar and professor of
the News and Broadcasting College at Tsinghua University,
told Voice of America that, online media has become
an indispensable source of information for the public.
Jin Jianbin: “For ordinary people, for media,
and for government,
New Media has demonstrated its connection with our daily
life, as people are constantly using it to express their ideas.
The importance of online media is increasing.
So, our related media organizations are focusing on
New Media Research’s development.”
Many Internet users are worried that China Journalists
has extended its reach to include online media.
They see it as another way for the CCP
to further control the Internet.
Mr. Lu, Internet commentator: “China Journalists
took something that was originally in the public domain
and under the peoples’ supervision,
and officially took control of it, Isn’t that righht?
It blocked the voice of the public.”
China Industry Newspaper Association’s deputy secretary,
Zhang Guofa, told the media that the impact of online media is getting bigger and bigger.
China Journalists added online media memebers
to its council to widen its scope,
which shows that the CCP recognizes the importance of
online media.
At the same time, it also recognizes the need to tighten
its grip on online media.
In recent years, many public events, mass protests, and
corruption cases were reported by ordinary people, using online media.
After these cases attracted a lot of attention and comments,
the CCP regime was forced to deal with these matters.
Huang Liangtian, former chief editor of Baixing Magazine,
“It’s a characteristic of China that media is controlled by
the ruling party, which is also a symbal of a totalitarian
and authoritarian regime.
Under this kind of control, it’s very, very difficult for a media
to do what they want to.”
Many Internet users say that since China Journalists is
a civil organization, it should support online media
in reporting the truth, rather than blocking real news .
NTD Reporters Chang Chun, Huang Rong and Xue Li
