"The complaint is too rich to prevent intestinal breakage, and the wind and objects should be looked at for a long time." - "The Poetry of Chairman Mao"
The year 2020 that has just passed may be a year that will never be forgotten for Chinese people, and this year seems to be a mirror that makes the true and false good and evil in the world clear at a glance. Remember that at the beginning of last year, when the epidemic just broke out, countless "panic remarks" came pouring in, and in the second half of the year, the domestic situation turned critical, and we found that many of the previous statements were just nothing.
After the calm of the wind and waves, many of the so-called "public knowledge" were thus exposed, and the aura carried by the identity label of "public knowledge" completely faded, and even became a derogatory term. Although some of these Internet celebrities still control fan traffic, for the vast majority of netizens, what they do is sensational, and the public cannot arbitrarily incite public opinion to control public opinion.
Once upon a time, "public knowledge" or the admired opinion leader of the people, but now it has been spurned by netizens, what has happened?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > the progressive phenomena of the new era</h1>
Since the new century, with the listing of China's three major portals on the NASDAQ in the United States, China's Internet has begun to erupt with unprecedented energy, and then the rapid development of the mobile Internet has truly entered the information age Chinese life. Never before have our access to information been as easy as it is today, with the latest events happening around the world, anytime, anywhere.
Before the information age, we mainly relied on newspapers, magazines, radio and television to accept information, and in that era, only media workers had the right to communicate and consult with the masses, and under the constraints of the rules of the news industry, the information we received was basically processed, whether it was ideological concepts or language wording, it would be very strict requirements, in order to spread positive energy to the public.
With the rise of Weibo, elites from all walks of life have the opportunity to speak freely to the public, so the era of self-media has arrived, and Chinese netizens have unconsciously entered a public space, and the so-called "public knowledge" has come into being, that is, "public intellectuals". The earliest was a special planning in the Southern People Weekly in 2004, and the word "public knowledge" officially entered the public's field of vision.
From the definition point of view, public intellectuals are "intellectuals with academic background and professional quality, actors who speak about social participation in public affairs, idealists with critical spirit and moral responsibility, and justice people who innovate and help development", which shows that "public knowledge" must first be elites, and must have a certain ideological consciousness, and the threshold for becoming "public knowledge" is quite high.
In fact, in a broad sense, some intellectuals before the era of self-media can also be called "public knowledge", and the most famous one is probably Lu Xun, who fully meets the definition of public knowledge, but his position is a variety of trendy magazines. Since the media era, the so-called "public knowledge" has mainly been active in Microblogs, and the infiltration of the masses is far deeper and more extensive than before.
"Public knowledge" turned out to be born, insight into the truth of the times, frequent surprising remarks, once brought a lot of shock to netizens, many netizens have always stood in their own perspective to see the problem, with their own cases to make value judgments, self-media platform for "public knowledge" and netizens to create an opportunity for dialogue, netizens' ideas were inspired, which was a progress for Chinese society at that time.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > second, walking down the altar in doubt</h1>
As one of the "50 Influential Chinese Public Intellectuals" selected by Southern People Weekly, Wang Xiaobo did not have the opportunity to experience the current era of "public knowledge", but pointed out the dilemma of the times to the point before his death, just as Wang Xiaobo said, "Everything is inevitably moving towards vulgarity", and the "public knowledge" that was once the stars and the moon also showed the fox's tail under the impetuous mentality.
Since the media era before, for the public, the right to speak of public opinion has always been in the hands of the media, since the emergence of "public knowledge", netizens have seen a different world, blindly following the words of the "public knowledge", the right to speak is gradually stolen by the "public knowledge", for the network world, having the right to speak means obtaining traffic, and obtaining traffic means face identity banknotes.
So the moral consciousness of "public knowledge" unconsciously began to slide, they wantonly show off their knowledge, and even deliberately create rumors, not only in order to obtain traffic, it is more likely that they will not ask about the benefits behind them, and for a while a large number of "public knowledge" words are not surprising and endless, netizens are seduced by it, "public knowledge" is extremely popular, the value of the ship is rising, and the network atmosphere is getting worse and worse.
As the saying goes: "People are not popular", while "public knowledge" is pretentious, there are many bright-eyed netizens who have perceived the problem, after all, there are not no elites among netizens, not to mention that some of the public awareness offends not professional issues, but position issues, under the condemnation of people of insight, countless "public knowledge" has not only become a joke, but even gone to the opposite side of the people.
Yuan Tengfei, known as the "most cattle history teacher", has won the favor with various stories he has made up, and has been ridiculed by netizens as a "historical inventor". "Famous economist" Mao Yushi declared that "grain production has nothing to do with the area of arable land" and was directly banned by the authorities; "conscientious journalist" Chai Jing took the funds provided by foreign organizations to slander China's environmental protection cause, and was dumbfounded by academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Countless public intellectuals have fallen to the altar and disappeared without a trace, not only because they are not right in their hearts, but also because they are not worthy of their moral positions, and "public knowledge" disguises itself as an idealistic hero and incites public opinion under the banner of "for the heavenly way."In fact, the so-called "public knowledge" is just using traffic to sell their own fallacies and heresies, regardless of the morality that a public figure should adhere to.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > third, the new elite called by the people</h1>
Since 2020, the most notorious public knowledge is Ms. Fang Fang, a well-known writer who once became the chairman of the Wuhan Writers Association with her sharp writing, when the epidemic first broke out at the beginning of the year, referring to hearsay "truth" and combining with the "facts" made up, describing a suffering city in isolation as a hell on earth, and deliberately fabricating the so-called "Wuhan Diary".
On April 8, the day wuhan was unsealed, the "Wuhan Diary" was published overseas, and Fang Fang's shameless behavior of flattering foreign media by slandering China's anti-epidemic achievements was clearly exposed, and countless Chinese netizens were furious, remembering that since the outbreak of the epidemic, I don't know how many famous "public knowledge" claims to be "social conscience" and arbitrarily fabricate rumors, and the word "public knowledge" has since completely degenerated into a derogatory term.
However, we should be soberly aware that for social progress, it is impossible to do without the participation of the elite, and for the elite itself, it is also a responsibility to devote oneself to social construction. The stigmatization of "public intellectuals" comes largely from a small group of long-sleeved "pseudo-intellectuals" and "pseudo-elites", and does not completely negate the positive significance of "public intellectuals" to society.
The so-called "public intellectuals" themselves have a very strict definition, and their quality requirements are not only very comprehensive, but also very strict, and only people who can meet the criteria of both ability and political integrity can be called "public intellectuals", because they are not only intellectuals, but also public figures.
The so-called "Confucianism and Chaos of Literature" is not uncommon in history, but there are also many elite figures who have stood the test to become a new generation of "public intellectuals", compared with the previous stigmatized "public knowledge", this part of the new "public knowledge" is grown up in the people's call, even if temporarily questioned, it can finally prove their authenticity.
Rear Admiral Zhang Zhaozhong, who was jokingly called "the seat of the Bureau of War and Neglect" by netizens, and Luo Xiang, a criminal law professor who was jokingly called "extralegal Zhang San" by netizens, are all "public intellectuals" who have been controversial by netizens but eventually won recognition by their talents, and there are also professionals such as Wen Tiejun, Zhang Weiwei, and Jin Canrong, who not only concentrate on their careers, but also transmit the positive energy of the times to the people.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > conclusion</h1>
Our evaluation of the "public intellectual" is, in the final analysis, based on the value he plays in the public sphere, that is, his contribution to the people, and only intellectuals who have taken responsibility in the public sphere are qualified to be called "public intellectuals". The term "public knowledge" went from being sought after to being spurned, mainly because they betrayed the expectations of the masses of the people for their selfish desires.
The so-called "empty talk misleads the country, and practical work rejuvenates the country" is very heavy, and the key to whether the "intellectuals'" stand together with the people lies in whether their remarks can play a positive role in social construction. The so-called "public intellectuals" rely on momentary grandstanding, seemingly unlimited scenery, and once the truth is revealed, they will be defeated and everyone will shout and beat.
"The complaint is too rich to prevent intestinal breakage, and the wind and objects should be looked at for a long time." The so-called "public intellectuals" have been scattered, but this does not mean that professionals are absent in the public sphere, and those "public intellectuals" who are down-to-earth for everyone's sake will still return to the mainstream vision with real talent and practical learning, shoulder the responsibilities entrusted by the times, and become the public elite chosen by the people.
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