19181kloc-0/October 14, the journalism research society of Peking University was formally established. This is the first journalism research group in China and the beginning of journalism education in China. President Cai Yuanpei drafted an outline for the association, stipulating that its purpose is to "instill news knowledge and cultivate news talents". The main contents of the study include the scope of news, topic selection, interview, editing, communication methods and the organization of newspapers and news agencies. Cai Yuanpei is the principal, and Professor Xu, who returned from studying in the United States, and Shao Piaoping, a famous journalist, are the tutors. Xu, Shao and others use Sunday morning to give lectures to members and impart news knowledge. The agency also published Newsweek, which was the only newspaper in China that disseminated news knowledge at that time and the first newspaper in China that adopted a horizontal layout. Journalism research society did not exist for a long time in history, from 1920 to 65438+ February, less than three years. On the morning of April 15, 2008, the Journalism Research Association of Peking University was formally re-established, and the first batch of 10 famous scholars at home and abroad were appointed as instructors of the research association. The Journalism Research Association of Peking University left valuable spiritual wealth for that time and later generations. The research society adheres to the ideal of journalism professionalism, keeps up with the trend of the times, and always strives for national self-improvement and national liberation. As the president of a school, Cai Yuanpei devoted himself to demonstrating that journalism education and research started in Peking University, so he was called "the first university president who enthusiastically supported journalism research and journalism education in the history of China".

As the youngest professor in the history of Peking University, Xu devoted himself to journalism research. While presiding over the seminar, he wrote a book called Journalism, which was regarded as "unprecedented" by the press, and actively planned to set up a journalism department in Peking University. Later, he fell to the pulpit due to illness, leaving a touching song of life for future generations. Shao Piaoping, the instructor of the seminar, explained the professional journalists incisively and vividly with his iron shoulders and tough style. His passionate ideals and excellent qualities (in Mao Zedong), as well as his spirit of giving up life for righteousness and generosity, have left valuable wealth for news seminars and journalism in China. These spirits inspired generations of China people to fight for national independence, freedom and democracy, and the older generation of journalists, represented by Xu and Shao, also set an example for future generations to engage in journalism. If the understanding of journalism can express the characteristics of journalism in the New Culture Movement in one sentence, then Shao Piaoping's "journalism-oriented" is the most appropriate, because journalism in China has returned to the discipline construction itself, and journalism (19 19, Xu) and applied journalism (65438) have appeared in the New Culture Movement successively. Ren), Practical Journalism (Shao Piaoping, 1923), Introduction to Journalism (Shao Piaoping, 1924), History of Chinese Journalism (Ge, 1927) and other representative works mark the real establishment of journalism in China.

No matter how different these works are in frame design, argumentation level and content, the open mind of the New Culture Movement makes them have the same perspective: from the past, they opened their eyes (many people actually only opened a crack) to look at China from the modern world communication system. Xu wrote: "Since Traffic Day, human life has become increasingly complex and rich, and our concern has transcended national boundaries and political circles. Therefore, newspapers should not only provide domestic political news and local news, that is, foreign and social events, but also provide clear and detailed records. " When it comes to modern newspapers, Xu thinks of the responsibility of news communicators, and Liang Qichao thinks of the heavy responsibility of political propagandists. It seems that different starting points are doomed. In Liang Qichao's case, journalism is at most "art", while in Xu's case, knowledge and art are integrated and inseparable.