The construction of independent knowledge system for the study of journalism and communication has gone through different historical stages of narrative core, social science methods and interdisciplinary. The contemporary construction of independent knowledge system is a combination of discipline independence and nation independence. Consequently, the independent knowledge system of contemporary journalism and communication studies should emphasize the construction of a new paradigm centered on narrative. It should highlight practice and the discourse of technology in order to facilitate the construction of Chinese identity and eventually the reconstruction of independent knowledge system.