"light" Of The New Culture Movement,

According to the content, communication method, position and attitude, the research plans to interpret the history and characteristics of the China Times supplement, Xuedeng, and reappraisal its historical contribution and other newspaper supplement in the New Culture Movement.In the period of the New Culture Movement from 1915-1923, the reformation of Xuedeng, which standed for the newspaper supplement publishing new culture, reflected the needing of deeply development of the New Culture Movement. In the outside factor, the New Culture Movement needed more mass media to communicate because of some problems in it. And the newspaper supplement publishing new culture was the historical choice for Chinese newspaper industry. In the inner factor, Xuedeng, which was the first newspaper supplement in the New Culture Movement, was related to the researching party at that time.The content in Xuedeng focused on new culture and made the crucial impact the New Culture Movement. Firstly, Xuedeng began with discussing educational problem; secondly, it paied more attention to academic research, to build the basement of the New Culture Movement; thirdly, Xuedeng also made good effect to the modern literature. As a result, Xuedeng improved the New Culture Movement, and became one of the important parts of the New Culture publishing.In the form of establishing a public forum, Xuedeng offered an important public active space for intellectuals in the New Culture Movement. Xuedeng editored openly, and absorbed various ideas widely. The main method for establishing the public forum was promoting famous columns and setting topics. According to this public forum, Xuedeng acquired many audiences, who were intellectuals mostly, and it became one of the ligaments of these intellectuals. However, the public forum had limitation.Xuedeng holded a gradual attitude in the New Culture Movement, which was also an important form in Enlightenment Thought. In the discussion about new-old culture, Xuedeng was rational and objective; in the development of the New Culture Movement, Xuedeng opposed radicalism and explored various new ways.So, in the New Culture Movement, Xuedeng, which published the new thought and new literature, was one of the important media for the new culture construction. It had special style and made crucial effect on the New Culture Movement, in particular factors and stages. In the period of deepening of the New Culture Movement, the newspaper supplement was a kind of indepentent and important mass media, improved the development of the New Culture Movement with magazines.