Internet Era and Ideological-Political Education: Impacts on University Students and Policy Responses

Abstract

The rapid development of the Internet has presented both unprecedented opportunities and challenges for ideological and political education among college students. While the Internet has diversified information sources, expanded students' access to knowledge, and enhanced cultural and ideological diversity and openness - enabling freer expression and sharing of ideas - its virtual and anonymous nature has simultaneously contributed to information complexity and moral value pluralism. These developments pose significant challenges to the stability and authority of traditional ideological and political education. This paper conducts a thorough analysis of both the positive and negative impacts of the Internet on college students' ideological and political education. Building upon this analysis, corresponding countermeasures and recommendations are proposed, offering valuable insights and references for innovating ideological and political education in the new era.