By Lin Meilian
Global Times | 2014-1-1
Perhaps the best way to get a better understanding of the Marxist view
of journalism is to think of Marx himself as a journalist, and not as a
political thinker, Zhu Songmei, a journalism student of Tsinghua
University said while expressing her view on the controversial Marxist
ideology class now being made compulsory for all journalists in China.
"It
is necessary to understand Marxism as that's what we promote, but I
doubt if it is that useful in real life," Zhu told the Global Times,
adding that she wants to join a mainstream media outlet such as the
People's Daily or Xinhua News Agency after graduation.
In future,
students of China's top 10 journalism schools including Fudan
University and Renmin University of China will have the chance to reach a
closer understanding of Marx's principle that "Party publications are
weapons of the Party."
It is part of reform measures for
journalism schools that aim to boost education on the Marxist view of
journalism and cultivate outstanding journalists for the Party,
according to a meeting held by the Publicity Department of the CPC
Central Committee and the Ministry of Education
on December 20. The move follows an earlier announcement that some
250,000 working journalists will, for the first time, have to take a
Marxism test to obtain or renew their press cards.
Some Chinese
observers speculate that the probable reason behind these moves is that
authorities believe that Western ideology prevails in journalism
education, and the Internet has weakened their control of information.
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