Do you think that the people around you are not as enthusiastic about national affairs as they used to be? Will you also find yourself paying more and more attention to celebrity gossip on Weibo and not interested in the policy updates mentioned by the news network?
This phenomenon of declining interest in national affairs did not take place overnight. Since the popularization of the Internet and smartphones, the era of information explosion has arrived.
Everyone's mobile phone has become a small information center, and all kinds of messages are bombarded into our daily lives. There are more and more people who like to brush up on Moments, Weibo, watch live broadcasts, and chase dramas, and everyone's attention is firmly attracted by these light-hearted content.
The rise of individualism
In this era of face-watching, people are more concerned about whether they can get likes and attention in the media than what happens to the country. Today's young people may know everything about their Internet celebrity idols, but they have little knowledge of the country's major policies.
Entertainment media
In order to catch the audience's attention, many news programs and online platforms have turned to entertainment gossip and life consumption content. From TV to the Internet, from newspapers to Weibo, there are celebrity scandals, popular dramas and all kinds of funny videos everywhere, which are simple and easy to understand and directly bring pleasure, and naturally steal the jobs of traditional news.
Lack of political trust
When people lose confidence in their governments and political systems, they pay less attention to national affairs. If news stories are often found to be distorted or biased, people will naturally trust these sources of information and be skeptical of government policies and decisions.
In the fast-paced and high-pressure living environment, people pay more attention to how to gain a foothold in society and how to deal with the relationship between individuals, and naturally pay less attention to national events that seem to be "high" but are not directly related to personal life.
This trend is becoming more and more apparent. While people are busy with life and pursuing personal happiness, their concern and participation in national affairs are gradually decreasing.