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Since 1997 state council degree committeeJournalismChinese journalism since i was promoted to first classScientific constructionIt's a huge leap forward. It's also for teaching, research and..Academic publicationsThe publication introduced new and higher requirements。
Following the launch of the “study series on journalism and communication for the 21st century” by the chinese people's university press in 1999, more than 10 publishers, including beijing institute of broadcasting press, wahxia press, nanjing university press, china social sciences press, xinhua press, and others, have launched different teaching materials and classic chinese translations of the master of journalism and communication abroad. However, monographs that mark the academic level of the subject and reflect the latest scientific results in the country are rare。
During the same period, china made great strides in the field of journalism and communication education. The number of specialized centres of journalism and communication rose sharply from 66 in 1994 to 232 in 2001. According to incomplete statistics, the number of undergraduate and specialized students in journalism has reached 50,000 nationwide. There has also been a new increase in degree education in journalism and communication. There are currently 8 doctoral and 40 master's degrees in the country. A number of research-type faculties, such as the chinese people's university school of journalism and the university of jordan school of journalism, are emerging. In beijing and tsinghua universities, the education of journalism and communication is characterized by a high starting point and a multidisciplinary approach, opening a new page on the development of these 100-year-old schools. The beijing institute of broadcasting (later renamed the china media university - editor's note) is among china's leading schools in the field of information and communication. The institute of journalism and communication of wuhan university, among others, is displaying its unique ethos and charisma through a series of studies and scientific writings that are taking place on the occasion of the newly awarded doctorate. The academic community and society are looking forward to these “first tier” of china's information and communication education for new writings and new results in the development of disciplines。
Since the beginning of the new century, with the rapid spread of new communications media using the internet as a breakthrough, the combined efforts of new and traditional media, and the increased participation of hundreds of millions of people in the dynamic nature of mass communication, china's news and media industry has grown in all its dimensions. Never before has the mass media been used by the population as extensive, timely and indispensable as it is today, and it is difficult to escape the profound influence of the pervasive, sporadic mass media. The popularization of social education in journalism aimed at the entire population is an urgent reference to society in general and to the media educators in particular. The provision of high-quality news and communications works to the public has become an urgent task for the media community today。
All of this shows that the publication of a high-level academic work in journalism that meets the needs of academic development, professional education in journalism and social education is an important ongoing endeavour of both academic value and relevance. One of the results of the collective effort of scholars in this direction was the emergence of the “library of journalism and communication”。
The library of journalism and communication hopes to make some new breakthroughs in the development of the subject of journalism and communications: exploring new systems of discipline, demonstrating new academic perspectives, looking for new methods of research, using new narratives and searching for new writings. In a word, there should be a little innovation, something new, and a little rejuvenation of the work of the library, compared to the results of the original journalism or communicationsInnovative awarenessI don't know。
Innovation begins with a rejection of old systems, old perceptions and old things. This rejection is necessary because the right of humanist social scientists to theoretical innovation lies in the fact that it is the theoretical quality of marxism and that abandoning it is the only way to develop a discipline. As engels once pointed out, our theory is the theory of development, not the dogma that must be worn out and mechanically repeated. A russian writer, recalling a conversation he had with engus, said that he wanted the russians — not just the russians — not to use the words of marx and his words, but to think about things like marx, in his own case, for which the term “marxist” had a reason. Unlike foreign countries, the new china is different from the old china, and the first 30 years are different from the second 20 years, and it is natural to study china’s current communism under current historical conditions. Thus, the library of journalism and communication requires authors and their works to grasp the features of the times, adapt to the demands of the times, closely follow the pace of the times, stand at the forefront of the times, rely on marxist theoretical courage and theoretical energy, deepen the social transition to a market economy, deepen the relationships between the parties, the government, the media and the listeners, study new issues, find new ways to acquire new knowledge, discover new ideas and validate new conclusions. This is the purpose of the library and the hope for the author. We expect that every work in the library, and every author, will help to bring our readers to the academy of journalism and communication, opening a new space for our readers。
Innovation entails risks. Innovation awareness and risk awareness coexist. Innovation is about doing what the predecessor did not, saying what he did not say, or reversing what he did and correcting what he said. This rejection of the old idea of the old system of old things, the challenge to traditional customs and stereotypes, and the rejection of old ideas that have been read too many by young people will inevitably lead to repression and repression of old things and old forces. Moreover, today's social progress is so rapid, the media is so fast developing, and the construction of journalism and communication disciplines appears to be relatively slow and relatively backward. In such cases, the validity and scientific nature of some of the new ideas emerging from the “new ideas” and works of the “new ideas” library are sometimes difficult to assess, and even if some of the right new ideas are to be agreed upon by society and scholars, it is still to be practiced and time taken. Therefore, while promoting innovation, authors must have an equally strong sense of risk. We call on society and academia to give the most tolerance and love to the author of the library and his work. However, it does not exclude, but sincerely welcomes, criticism of the work, because it is the strict and responsible criticism of the author and his work that is dear to him。
It is, of course, the responsibility of the “public information and communication library” to ask authors to provide academic results that they can study, explore, elaborate and have some insight into. These work either expands on new areas of journalism science, or sheds light on old ideas about the old system, or provides an argument for the media authorities, or uses chinese language and traditional chinese culture to interpret foreign journalism literature. In short, the library should and must be a product of journalism and communications academic research. The editorial publication of this collection is based on the principles of smallness and precision. Each year, three to five types of research have been chosen from a wide range of scholars in and outside the chinese people's college, and three to four years later, it can be seen as a powerful tool for the dissemination of information and even for academic research in humanities。
The first page of the new century has just opened, and the chinese people's university press has launched this collection after careful planning and organization. I would like to express my admiration and gratitude for the strategic vision of the publisher and for the spirit of solidarity among the authors. I look forward to working with you to make the collection work better and better。
That's for the record。
Child soldiers
June 2001
