十八大以来,中国逐渐走进深化改革的关键时期,党和政府高度重视新闻媒体在宣传报道中的作用。新华社每年发布的十大新闻记录着每一年对中国社会产生重大影响的事件,透过十大新闻的评选可以看出新闻媒体在新闻报道中的作用和趋势。本文以2012年—2015年这四年间新华社评选的十大国内新闻为文本,从媒介功能理论视角出发,探讨如何在新常态下正确发挥新闻媒介的功能作用,服务于中国社会的改革发展。 Since the 18th CPC National Congress, China has gradually entered a crucial period of deepening reform. The party and the government attach great importance to the role of the news media in propaganda and reporting. The top ten news releases by the Xinhua News Agency each year record events that have a significant impact on Chinese society each year. Through the selection of the top ten news items, we can see the role and trends of the news media in news coverage. Taking the ten domestic news selected by Xinhua News Agency during the four years between 2012 and 2015 as a text, this article explores how to correctly exert the function of the news media under the new normal and serves the reform and development of Chinese society from the perspective of media functional theory.