Teachers’ Attitudes and Views on Media Education in Mainland China

Abstract

We live in an environment fi lled with mass media, social media, and digital media. This study is about the attitudes and views of Chinese teachers towards media education in mainland China. The purpose of my research is to understand the popu-larity, importance and how to popularize media education in mainland China. Through qualitative research, this study conducted in-depth interviews with four Chinese teachers to collect data. The results showed that educators generally expressed a positive attitude towards media literacy education, pointed out the importance of media education and proposed relevant ability improve-ment programs.