Research on the Path of College Students' Patriotism Education in the Self-Media Era

摘要

With the advent of the self-media era, there are increasing ways for college students to acquire various kinds of information and knowledge. At the same time, the change in ideology will also uproar. Some negative information on networks and media will affect young student, especially in the aspect of patriotic ideologies. Therefore, the requirement of patriotism education has been proposed, and varied paths of patriotic education has been conducted by the higher educational institutions within the self-media environment. The research will shed light on the problem that how to facilitate current college students actively take actions to self-educate and spread patriotism in the self-media environment. The rapid development of China's economy and the in-depth, full-scale popularization and application of the Internet indicate the coming of the media era. Self-media tools such as WeChat, Weibo, and blogs have rapidly penetrated everyday life of college students, which has broken the informational monopoly by traditional media. With the characteristics of individualized, short and fragmented language, explosive transmission, self-media channels are favored and sought after by young college students, which has led to changes in values, thinking patterns, and behaviors. This transformation is both beneficial and disadvantageous for ideological as well as political education in colleges and universities. It is very convenient to obtain access to more valuable information, but at the same time are more tended to be affected by biased or extreme information on the media thus may lead to dangerous actions and opinions about history, certain events and social figures, or even the society as a whole. Therefore, ideological and political education for college students in the self-media age is a priority. The path and methods for patriotic education will be discussed in deep.