TY - JOUR AU - Salwen, Michael B. AB - Research in Brief This department is devoted to shorter reports on research in the communica- tions field. Readers are invited to submit summaries of investigative studies interesting for content, method or implication for further research. Tutelary press systems function in govern- Three Press Systems View ments that adhere to democratic principles Sino-U.S. Normalization but enforce authoritarian methods as ‘‘necessary evils.” The tutelary concept By Carolyn Lin and was initially conceived within the context Michael B. Salwen of the Nationalist Republic of China.6 The ROC considers itself “at war” with the b Four Zheories of the Press maintains People’s Republic of China. Under the that a nation’s political philosophy affects “state of emergency,” press controls are its press system and the information in its exercised. The U.S. press exemplifies a press.1 The four theories, however, are not libertarian-social responsibility press. The mutually exclusive. The press in the United PRC press was modeled on the “Soviet- States, for instance, exhibits both libertar- totalitarian” model.’ Despite the increas- ian and social responsibility characteristics. ing openness in the PRC leadership, as Some authoritarian governments may per- recently as April 1985, General Secretary mit the press to operate freely so long as it Hu TI - Three Press Systems View Sino-U.S. Normalization JF - Journalism Quarterly DO - 10.1177/107769908606300218 DA - 1986-06-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/three-press-systems-view-sino-u-s-normalization-6wsuPmiPPW SP - 360 EP - 362 VL - 63 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -