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Expression Of Network Anti-intellectual Opinion

Posted on:2016-12-19Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Q Q ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2308330461489112Subject:Communication
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Anti-intellectualism is hostility towards and mistrust of intellect, intellectuals, and intellectual pursuits.It usually expressed as the derision of various aspects of politics, economy, literature, a great destructive power of intellectualism. The combination of anti-intellectualism and the Internet further promote the generalization of the impact of anti-intellectualism speech. Cultural ecology and cultural value are different because of the different media. The professor was nicknamed the "roaring beast", the idol who was regarded as the guiding spirit is caricatured as "object of vomiting ",while the "expert" by virtue of professional and authoritative knowledge is snipped to be "snob" and often criticized due to improper remarks. The mass like to consider himself to be "idiot", "chowhound" and tend to get a sense of pride.Such phenomenon intensify in cyberspace. The public seems to no longer pursue rationality and thinking, but immersed in perceptual and superficial carnival,and cannot extricate oneself.In this context,this paper takes the core content of anti-intellectualism as the standard to define the anti-intellectual phenomenon and speech,which are the main research object, and investigates its characterization and significance.Anti-intellectualism was around a long time in the history of Chinese.This article aims to analysis the new characterization of anti-intellectualism on the Internet by the numbers,according to comb the veiwpoints of Chinese traditional anti-intellectualism.Moreover, the article combine with the media environment theory and philosophy, psychology, sociology and other related theories to interpret the rise of the media and social roots. On this basis,the paper want to make an objective assessment of the current network anti-intellectualism,and make several recommendations for improvement based on the negative impact.Content analysis and literature review is the main methods of research. Through systematic analysis, the paper argues that the network anti-intellectualism has broken through the traditional connotation of anti-intellectualism,and involve the knowledge mode of thinking and value pursuit,whose impact is comprehensive and negative. Considering the current development of anti-intellectualism on Internet, The public’ approval and recognition of value is easy to cause the "mediocre" and "lazy thinking" of social pursuit, which is not conducive to knowledge inheritance and the sustainable development of the society.
Keywords/Search Tags:Anti-intellectualism, Internet, Irrational, opinion
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