Research On College Students' Moral Anxiety And Guidance In The New Media Age

Anxiety is a kind of emotional response to social challenges or potential threats.The emotional challenges that different group from layers of the society face in different situations at different stages are the general reaction to an event or situation that they can not control.Anxiety produces a corresponding moral anxiety when infiltrated into the moral domain.With the advent of a period of rapid social transition in the 21 st century,there have been some socially moral development difficulties and theories,such as“moral decline”,“ethical bottom line theory”,“ethical legalization”,“ethical hill climbing theory” and “morality marginalization”,and moral anxiety is everywhere.This unsettling atmosphere not only leads to social moral anxiety,but also makes college students who are in the society have moral angst,lack of sense of security and belonging,and it is easy to confront prejudices with social issues and lead to presumptuous speech behavior.The arrival of the new media era,on one hand,provides a broad platform for venting the anxiety and catharsis;On the other hand,it also brings about enormous influence in where social ethics,the standardized operation of the media,the replacement of educational concepts,and the subversion of personal values.In the meantime,we also need to note that the new media has played an increasingly important role in the education field in China.Its appearance has brought fresh impetus to the traditional educational theory system,and it has borne the needs of college students.The high-quality information resources also provide a broader stage for the growth of college students.However,it is worth noting that the new media,as a brand-new educational tool,has subtly influenced the daily life habits of college students,and it is quietly influencing the development direction of the college students' outlook on the world outlook and values simultaneously.Therefore,we should correctly deal with the dual impact of new media on their ideological and moral education and provide favorable conditions their comprehensive development.The first chapter mainly focuses on the theoretical interpretation of college students' moral anxiety in the era of new media.Firstly,it defines the concept of moral anxiety and anxiety in the era new media.Secondly,I analyze the characteristics of college students' moral anxiety in the new media era.Finally,I analyze the values of their moral anxiety in the era of newmedia.The second chapter mainly talks about the current situation and causes of college students' moral anxiety in the new media era.Firstly,through random sample surveys and interviews of students in some colleges and universities in northeastern Sichuan province,I find out the basic situation and problems of their moral anxiety in the new media era.Secondly,I analyze the causes of college students' moral anxiety from four perspectives,such as moral paradigm in the social transition period,the network supervision mechanism,college student moral education and the influence of college students' own factors and provide feasible suggestions for their moral anxiety.The third chapter mainly describes the countermeasures for college students' moral anxiety in the new media era,For instance,purifying the social environment by calling help from government,legislation,public morals,and social forces;establishing and improving the media supervision mechanism;focusing on ability training,sequentially innovating the needs,content,modes,and methods of the moral education;and researching countermeasures for strengthening the college students' beliefs and stimulating their moral cultivation.