The Marxist View Of Journalism And Its Contemporary Significance

The Marxist View of Journalism is a kind of theoretical system which is continuouslydeveloping, perfecting and innovating in the process of practice. It is with dialecticalmaterialism and historical materialism, which not only including Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin’snews viewpoint but also including news thought of the communist party of China leaders.Therefore it has rich connotations and has played an important role in the process of China’ssocialist revolution and construction practice.This thesis intend to study and analyze the development of the Marxist view of journalismand its theoretical viewpoints, combined with the present problems in China’s news field and thefruitful achievement, then make the conclusion to insist on the Marxist view of journalism is soimportant as to guide the chinese news propaganda effectively.This thesis from the political angle mainly focuses on the Marxist view of journalism as akind of advancing thought system with the times for research. It has been divided into four partsto make the detailed analysis and interpretation. The first part from its producing conditions andtheoretical foundation mainly analyzes the background of the birth of the Marxist view ofjournalism, The second part illustrates the basic points of the Marxist view of journalism,including the main concept, characteristics and functions. The third part emphasises thedevelopment process of marxist news concept. Discuss the Marxist view of journalism from thefounder of Marx and Engels to the successor of Lenin and zedong,Mao,xiaoping,Deng,zemin,Jiang, jintao,Hu. It grasps the rich connotation of the Marxist view ofjournalism in specific historical period from the longitudinal coordinate. Finally, it analyzes thecontemporary significance of the Marxist view of journalism and clarify positive role in thedevelopment of our country’s socialist journalism, not only benefit to guide our country’sjournalism ideology, to better implement the policies of the press but also play the role of themedia, and strive to build a harmonious socialist society, and strengthen and improve China’sforeign propaganda, broadening the global view of news propaganda.