20世纪40年代后期,美国《一个自由而负责的新闻界》报告的面世,奠定了后来有着广泛影响的“社会责任论”的基础。与此同时,该报告发表不久即被迅速译介到中国,并且在中国新闻界产生了一定的影响。本文试透过当时身处其中的新闻从业者撰述的文章,揭橥当时的中国新闻界何以关注此报告、如何解析此报告以及这种行为背后潜藏的意义。 The publication of a report entitled “A Free and Responsible Press” in the United States in the late 1940s lays the foundation for the “social responsibility theory” that has wide-ranging implications. In the meantime, the report was soon translated into China soon after it was published, and has had some impact on the Chinese press. This article tries to explain why the Chinese press at the time concerned about this report, how to interpret this report and what it means to be hidden behind the passage of articles written by journalists who were in the process of being involved.