Research On Community Media Organizations During The May 4th Movement

As an important symbolic meaning,the May 4th Movement has its own symbols and metaphors.It bears the spirit of patriotism,the color of revolutionary culture and the power to promote the progress of history.During the May 4th movement,more than 100 kinds of communities were born in China.Xinmin community,Youth China community,Mutual Aid community,Liqun publishing house,national magazine,Xinchao community,etc.had a great impact.These communities can be said to be the direct product of the new culture movement and the May 4th movement.As a form of media organization during the May 4th movement,communities played a role in disseminating advanced culture,educating the public and triggering social changes.During the May 4th movement,communities participated in the construction of political discourse and had a wide impact in the fields of education,academia,culture,society and so on.These communities,among the national progressive youth and progressive intellectual elites,had a strong appeal and were of great significance in the society at that time.It has been a hundred years since the establishment and development of communities in the May 4th Movement period.It constructs national memory and social memory,constructs the historical context,leads the historical trend,and undertakes the function of early media organizations in China.It carries an important link in the history of media development in China.It needs future generations to write and study.This paper argues that May Fourth-era communities could have played a role in history as media organizations by combing through historical materials related to May Fourth-era communities.The framework of the study is as follows.The first part describes the historical background of the emergence of May Fourth-era communities,as well as the general presentation and division of societies into factions.The second part elaborates the social activities of the May Fourth-era media organizations,focusing mainly on the translation of classics,organization of lectures,and education of the public by advanced Chinese intellectuals as a means of spreading advanced ideas.The third part deals with the spillover effects of the May Fourth community as a media organization.It illustrates that the May Fourth community as a media organization played a role other than organizational one by promoting the creation of modern periodicals;the organizational structure and rules and regulations within the society manifested the modern social media system;and accelerated the spread of social trends in China.Part IV discusses the formation of a new paradigm of media organization by May Fourth communities,exploring the May Fourth community as a paradigm of newsrooms;the May Fourth community as a paradigm of public and private spaces of interaction;and the extension of the paradigm: the discussion of the May Fourth community as a catalyst for the formation of political parties.