死是任何一个人都不可避免的归宿,因而也是于任何一个人都不能不关注的事情。虽说人死,或轻于鸿毛,或重于泰山,但是,大多数的人的过世总是介于两者之间,不能轰轰烈烈,也不能不留一丝痕迹。一个人死去了,媒介通过一定方式反映出来,就有了讣告新闻。讣告新闻在中外媒介上出现得都比较早。早在1704年,第 Death is an unavoidable destination for any one person and is therefore something that no one can care about. Although people die or are lighter than feathers or are heavier than Taishan, the death of most people is always in between. They can not be vigorous or can not leave without trace. When a person dies and the media is reflected in a certain way, there is an obituary news. Obituary news appeared earlier in both Chinese and foreign media. As early as 1704, the first