Contemporary Significance Of The Journalism And Communication Ideas Of Karl Marx

The journalism and communication ideas of Karl Marx are the summary of Karl Marx’s points of view of journalism and communication activities. Existing researches on the journalism and communication ideas of Karl Marx mainly focus on the collation and summarization of the texts while the tracing of the contemporary significance is rare. The main content of the journalism and communication ideas of Karl Marx summed up by the researches usually stays at the concrete level.Different from previous researches, this thesis concludes the core value of the journalism and communication ideas of Karl Marx referring to the theoretical background of Marxist Historical Philosophy. Based on this, the abstract summary of the journalism and communication ideas of Karl Marx is made. Finally, the thesis tries to contemplate the journalism and communication activities in modern China by the reference of the ideas of Karl Marx, discover actual problems and solutions, and seek the contemporary significance of the journalism and communication ideas of Karl Marx from the angles of realistic instruction as well as value criticism.Specifically taking the promotion of universal communion and the further development of world history as the core value of the journalism and communication ideas of Karl Marx, the thesis defines the journalism and communication ideas of Karl Marx as defending freedom of the press, respecting to the law of journalism and communication, and promoting media development. The law of journalism and communication mentioned above refers to not only what Marx discussed but also what have been tested by practice and generally accepted. Contemplate the reality by the reference of the journalism and communication ideas of Karl Marx, problem of three aspects emerges:legislation defect of press, value pursuit ranking above the law of journalism and communication, and the negative attitude towards new media that hard to regulate.The epochal subject of journalism and communication actually is how to improve journalism and communication activities and lead it to play a better role in the society. As the corresponding solution, the journalism and communication ideas of Karl Marx manifests the contemporary significance.