The Mass Mediums And The Trend Of Democratic Thought In The May-4th Period

The May - 4th period is an important period at the history of the development of communication in China. During this period, our country's politics, culture took place world-shaking changes, and journalism got great developed, too. The enlightenment of democracy during the May - 4th period is a milestone among the course of Chinese democracy. The mass mediums in the May - 4th period, as a significant power on reforming latter-day Chinese society and mentality, regarded spreading democracy and enlightening people's intelligence as their all-important task. The mass mediums propagandized the concept of democracy and freedom and surged the trend of democratic thought with unprecedented scale, which played a significant part in the development of democratic thought and democratic politics after the May - 4th period.This article is divided into three parts, and traverses the democratic thought of different mass mediums of different phases of the May - 4th period as before the May Fourth Movement, during the May Fourth Movement and after the May Fourth Movement, which presents the process of the trend of democratic thought from springing up to developing to flowering and the change of the connotation of democratic thought along with the variety of time.