A Study On The Early Journalistic Thoughts Of Mao Tse-tung

Mao Tse-tung is not only a great proletarian politician, strategist, thinker, but also afamous propagandist, an excellent journalist. Using the newspapers as an importantweapon, he has accumulated much experience and rich theory knowledge of the news.Therefore, he has formed a scientific news theoretical system. That period, which isranging from the foundation of the New Youth in1915to the found of CPC in1921, isthe bud formation stage of Mao Tse-tung’s early news thought in this phase, MaoTse-tung associated press practice with social struggle. He has also linked practice withtheory. Under the influence of Marxism, he abandoned the ideas of bourgeois reformistsand revolutionaries news and formed his own early news ideas.When Mao Tse-tung was young, he has had his own unique perspective onnewspaper’s function, the concept of journalism and journalists’ career accomplishment.He stressed the importance of political advocacy role of the press, and fully recognizedthe close relationship between journalism and politics. He pointed out that the newspapersshould be used to guide the revolutionary movement. He realized the importance and thenecessity of the news life. All discussions should fall back on a fresh social events. Thosearguments which have been put forward should stand the test. He strictly followed theprinciples of truth of the news, emphasizing the authenticity of the news life is theprerequisite and guarantee of all public information activities. He also realized that thenewspaper ’s class, the class society news and events must have class sex, newspapermust have a service a certain class of functions, use the press to call the broad masses ofpeople against all types of social power. Mao Tse-tung early news ideology also containsnewspaper editorial thought, news commentary, news thinking style characteristics, richin content, with a strong charisma and distinct sense of the times.Mao Tse-tung’s early news ideology is an integral and important part of his newsidea. And it has become a valuable asset left by him. The core idea of his early newsthought not only guide his own news practice, but also lay a foundation for the buildingof Chinese characteristics journalism.