< /p" The author said that I believe that the media rather than suspense the media, disclose information, and cover the information. It is essential to deal with the infectious epidemic and in social development.(Xinhua News Agency)

The Chinese Lunar New Year was celebrated by the country, but was shrouded in the haze of the spread of new coronary virus (new coronary virus pneumonia).In the Internet public opinion, in addition to the call for the cities to fight against the epidemic, the voices of criticism of the Wuhan Municipal Government and even the Hubei Provincial Government have also intensified.

From national media to personal self -media, it is generally believed that the Wuhan Municipal Government and even the Hubei Provincial Government did not achieve information transparency in the early days of the outbreak.The situation that should be rapidly controllable quickly worse.

In academic research, we often say that media is the fourth power of modern countries in other than legislative power, administrative power, and judicial power, and an indispensable force for social development.However, in real operation, because the effect of public opinion spreads is uncontrollable, and even the direction that is likely to guide the opposite of expected results, some of the workers of the main administrative people are always greater than the trust of the media.This tendency obviously exists during the epidemic.As a result, public opinion followed behind, and the public spread quickly because of poor information receiving, and the epidemic spread quickly.

In terms of epidemic prevention, we believe that hospitals and doctors are the main body and an important means to deal with the disease.In the earliest medical classics in China, there is a sentence that is often cited, and even is engraved on the wall by many hospitals with eye -catching large characters.Medicine, chaos has been cured, such as thirsty and wearing a well, fighting and casting cone, isn't it late?The timely disclosure of information and the timely broadcasting of the media can not only attract enough attention and cooperation of various official institutions, but also allow the people to protect themselves early. This is an important means of treating diseases in the Yellow Emperor's Canon.

Official information opaque will not only create conditions for inducing epidemic diffusion, but also cause further panic.The local government's initial disclosure information was not timely. The original intention was that the phenomenon of social panic occurred, but under the circumstances of modern self -media, nothing would happen to everything.Paper media are not reported, as well as online self -media Weibo, WeChat, etc.; Text, videos, etc. of the text will be screening; do not talk about public occasions, as well as passed on, and Taoist listening.

Once the information that was originally covered up had to be disclosed in the end, the people's feelings will not only question one thing, but also may have Lenovo -style thinking.The rumors created a broader space.

In the prevention and control of the epidemic, we will find that in the notification issued by each unit, we often emphasize that no rumors, rumors, and rumors have nine words.What must be asked is that the information of the local government's information is opaque, so that the path news from the Taoist journey can spread quickly.

Everyone in modern society is shrouded in various media, so the media can also spread the information to each corner and the carrier of each individual, which can be spread to each corner, which is faster than any official document.Most people within each country, most of the media within each country are patriotism and the people. This is not a slogan. This is common sense.

When the reporter interviewed in the epidemic area regardless of personal security, they did not want to chaos to the local government, and they were for the long -term stability of the society.Mencius has a famous saying, named without Hengsheng and has perseverance, but the scholars can.Today, the fourth power that represents academically, in fact, there is no reporter who has no power to glory. They are more scholarly scholarly more than some of the so -called scholars who are sculpting, boringly carved, and painted articles.

It is believed that the media rather than suspense the media, disclose information rather than covering information. It is essential to deal with the infectious epidemic, and it is also important in social development.I hope that the epidemic really sounds alarm bell for China.

(The author is a visiting scholar at Rogers University, an associate professor of the School of Public Diplomacy of Jilin University)