The carrier of ideological and political education belongs to the media of ideological and political education and is an independent part of the media of ideological and political education. The media of ideological and political education includes the contents, methods and carriers of ideological and political education. The difference between a vector and a mediator is that the mediator contains a vector, and the vector is a part of the mediator.

The carrier of ideological and political education refers to the activity form and material entity that can carry and transmit the content or information of ideological and political education, be used by the subject of ideological and political education, and promote the interaction between subject and object of ideological and political education.