Mao Zedong's Journalistic Thought And Journalistic Practice Of New Era

Mao Zedong is a great Marxist of our country, an outstanding proletarian revolutionist, military scientist and theorist. At the same time, he is also a brilliant activist of the press, a founder of proletarian journalistic cause and socialist journalism of our country.According to the condition of China and the Communist Party of China, Mao Zedong formed gradually his own journalistic thought by utilizing and developing Marxist-Leninist journalistic thought, and enriched the treasure-house of Marxist-Leninist journalistic theory.This paper is about Mao Zedong's journalistic thought from four aspects as follows, and expounds its guiding effect on the journalistic practice of new era.Part 1. The sources of Mao Zedong's journalistic thought: Mao Zedong's journalistic thought is mainly divided into five parts, that is, Chinese traditional culture, Marxist-Leninist works, the press practice and thought of China's bourgeois activists of the press, journalistic education and his own journalistic practice.Part 2. The forming and developing course of Mao Zedong's journalistic thought: The forming and developing course of Mao Zedong's journalistic thought can be divided into four periods as follows: the beginning period, the forming period, the mature period and the continuous developing period.Part 3. The basic contents of Mao Zedong's journalistic thought and the journalistic practice of new era: This part is the core of this paper and expounds the basic contents of Mao Zedong's journalistic thought and its guiding effect on the journalistic practice of new era.1. The journalistic cause is a reflection of economic basis through journalisticmeans.2. The task, effect and purpose of proletarian journalistic cause.3. Journalistic cause must keep the nature of the Party.4. Initiating the whole Party and masses running press and insisting on the mass line.5. Insisting on the principle of seeking truth from facts and keeping the truthfulness of news.6. Stressing investigation and research, and advocating the journalistic cause should go deep into the realities of life.7. Advocating studying language and attaching importance to the style of writing.8. Attaching importance to carrying out criticism and self- criticism in newspaper.9. To found a group of advanced journalistic workers.10. Insisting on and improving the Party's leadership of journalistic cause.Part 4. The contribution and value of Mao Zedong's journalistic thought: Mao Zedong's journalistic thought which was the inheritance and development of Marxist-Leninist journalistic thought had great contribution and value.1. It enriched and developed Marxist-Leninist journalistic theory.2. It constructed the scientific system of socialist journalism with Chinese features. From the above, we know that Mao Zedong's journalistic thought, which reflectedimportant characteristics and basic law of proletarian and socialist journalistic cause of China, isn't the end of truth, but will respond to the pulse of times, absorb many fresh contents, further enrich and develop itself with the development of journalistic practice. As a result, the journalistic workers should learn and study earnestly Mao Zedong's journalistic thought and apply it to current practice of journalistic job and journalistic reform to serve the construction of socialism with Chinese features.