形成中的媒體市民社會：民間聲音如何影響政策議程

隨著中國市民社會的發展以及民意表達機制的開拓，我們越來越多地看到底層民意對於政府決策和政府行為的影響。其中一個重要的現象是，一些由NGO 和城市民眾推動的民間議題，經過在媒體平臺上的發酵，逐漸被納入政府議程之中。本文運用媒體與公共政策研究的一系列理論概念，對這個表達機制的運作方式進行分析，說明了民間聲音發展成為政策議題的過程，並揭示出，雖然一個成熟的市民社會尚未在當代中國形成，但是社會組織和社會民眾已經通過某些媒體議題形成公共表達，並與國家發生互動。本文將這一表達機制稱為“媒體市民社會＂，它所強調的是一種基於媒體平臺的社會與國家互動的方式，這也是一種與西方社會不同的、帶有中國特色的市民社會實踐狀態。

As the development of civil society in China, the policy-making process of government is increasingly influenced by the rising grassroot voices. An important phenomena is that many grassroot agendas built by NGO and urban residents, eventually turn into policy agendas. Using the theories about media and public policy, this study threw light on the mediated mechanism of social expression in a post-totalism state by probing into a series of grassroot agendas. This study reveals that even though a mature civil society is not yet formed in China, social groups and the public have engaged in public expression and interaction with the state through media agendas. There appears to emerge what can be called a media-oriented civil society.