What are the dangers of political rumors?

The harmfulness of political rumors can be judged from three levels, namely, the harmfulness to political figures, the harmfulness to political organizations and the harmfulness to society.

Although the hazards of the three layers are different, they are closely related. Judging from the course of action, political rumors usually start with attacking a specific political figure, then attack his political organization, and then attack the social system in which political organizations form, survive and develop.

On the surface, political rumors aimed at attacking society do not involve specific political figures and organizations, but they can easily lead to social cognitive confusion, class differentiation and group opposition, bring insecurity and instability to the public, and even directly lead to turmoil. ?

At the same time, the responsibility of eliminating this insecurity and instability is maliciously imposed on specific political figures and organizations by rumors, and it is very likely that it will have an impact on specific political figures and organizations because of "improper handling".

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The spread of rumors is sometimes just to say that it is entertaining and has no obvious interest motive, which makes the unconscious and irrational spread of political rumors popular.

The spread of political rumors is essentially a process of information diffusion, explanation and comment, and its generation and spread, especially in large quantities, require certain social conditions. Recently, social noise has increased, various rumors and gossip have appeared on the Internet from time to time, and political rumors have also surged. Some political rumors have caused a certain degree of panic among the people.

First, the seven communication characteristics of political rumors

Internet media has changed the traditional way of information dissemination, and also made the spread of political rumors show new characteristics such as fast spread, wide influence, great temptation, strong concealment, unconscious spread and irrational spread.

First of all, Weibo has become a "political rumor machine". With the development of Internet, the opening of forums and the rise of Weibo, the whole society has entered the era of "mass communication". According to statistics, there are more than 500 million netizens in China, and the number of users in Weibo has exceeded 300 million.

Weibo has a wide audience and spread rapidly, which makes it easy to become a platform for spreading false information and false statements. A small rumor, often with the help of various "onlookers" in Weibo, has been quickly and widely spread, instantly sent to millions or even tens of millions of users, and its influence has multiplied in forwarding and commenting.

For example, since March this year, some lawless elements have fabricated and maliciously spread political rumors such as "military vehicles entering Beijing" and "gunshots sounded in Beijing at night" on the Weibo, which triggered panic among the masses and affected social stability.

Second, the content is false, and the evidence is vague and confusing. The contents of political rumors are unconfirmed information, and no reliable and exact evidence can be produced. However, in order to win people's credibility, political rumor disseminators always try their best to create some direct but false "evidence".

For example, vague words such as "someone saw it with his own eyes" and "so-and-so authoritative person said" spread these false information, and make these false information show logical rationality under certain conditions, so it can be recognized by some social emotions and cater to some people's psychological or emotional needs, thus improving the spread speed of rumors.

This falsehood also makes political rumors deceptive. Therefore, under the influence of political rumors, people can't distinguish the facts and lose the standard of judgment and the direction of action.

In this case, it is likely to cause major social unrest and political instability, leading to serious social and political problems.

Third, the method is flexible and it is difficult to distinguish authenticity. Spreading in a flexible and effective way is an important feature of the popularity of political rumors. Political rumors are essentially a process of information exchange.

In this process, in order to spread political information quickly, different ways and methods will be adopted to speed up the dissemination process, and political rumors will be constantly explained and commented. In today's era, a large number of false images synthesized by high-tech means are more likely to have an impact on people's spirit and psychology because of their high fidelity, difficulty in distinguishing authenticity and visual impact, and ultimately have an inestimable impact.

For example, on May 2 this year, a user posted a picture, saying it was a scene of a township party secretary in Ganxian County, Jiangxi Province. After verification, the original picture shows "Sun Bigan, head of the reopening team of the China Embassy in Iraq, inspecting the temporary premises accompanied by security personnel" in July 2004, but many people believe it in the comments.

Fourth, the unconscious and irrational spread of political rumors is very popular. The fast-paced life in today's society makes watching and following the trend become a fashion, regardless of authenticity.

Some political rumors can satisfy people's wishes, and the spread of rumors is sometimes just to say that there is no obvious interest motive, which makes the unconscious and irrational spread of political rumors popular.

In particular, because the events or figures involved in political rumors are often of great significance and closely related to major "hot spots" in social and political life, they have aroused people's interest and concern in a larger social scope, which has increased the social influence of political rumors.

Fifth, some websites and traditional media failed to fulfill their responsibilities, which made it possible for political rumors to spread. In the current political rumor generation mechanism, websites and even traditional media should also bear unshirkable responsibilities.

For a long time, traditional media such as radio, television and newspapers in China have assumed the role of authoritative information publishers, so they have a high degree of trust among the audience. However, in recent years, some media have also appeared irresponsible when expressing their views. Unconfirmed network information is often quoted and reprinted at will, which leads to network political rumors beyond the scope of the Internet and has a wider negative social impact.

Sixth, a few cadres in party member are indifferent to discipline, which encourages the spread of political rumors. Due to the lack of formal channel information, some people can create political rumors, while a few people not only lack the ability to identify rumors, but also further spread political rumors through association and speculation according to their own wishes.

Some are out of curiosity, seeing the wind is rain, and people follow suit; Some pretend to be "well-informed people", catching shadows and spreading rumors; Some people have a weak legal awareness, think that the law does not blame the public and widely publicize rumors.

The rumourer may be harmless, but objectively it has the effect of "secondary communication". In particular, at present, there are very few cadres in party member who are indifferent to political consciousness and discipline, making irresponsible remarks, making random inquiries, spreading gossip, and even fabricating and spreading political rumors to vilify the image of the party and the country, which has a bad influence on the cadres and the masses and affects unity and stability.

Seventh, hostile forces in the West create and make use of all kinds of rumors to intensify the westernization and differentiation of China. Western countries, led by the United States, have never given up westernization, differentiation and infiltration of China. One of the important means is to publicize all kinds of wrong views, create and spread all kinds of rumors, hype social hot issues and sensitive events, incite people's dissatisfaction, and attempt to create chaos in China.

This year, our party will hold the 18th National Congress. Historical experience shows that whenever the party and the country are faced with major events, hostile forces at home and abroad will always take the opportunity to make waves and deliberately create and spread rumors, with the aim of sowing dissension, undermining the social situation of stability and unity and damaging the flesh-and-blood ties between the party and the people.

In this regard, we must remain highly vigilant. The more complicated the situation, the more clear-headed and firm; The more noise there is, the more we need to distinguish right from wrong and take a clear-cut stand.

Second, be wary of political rumors that "confuse the audience" and "endanger the country."

Political rumors do great harm to society. Political rumors not only confuse people, but also bring disaster to the country and people.

It can change people's political stance, affect people's political behavior, undermine people's trust in the government, society and political system, cause serious ideological confusion, affect people's confidence in reform, opening up and stable development, and even easily lead to fierce social impact, political turmoil and serious social and political problems. We must crack down on political rumors, make them spread nowhere and make no one credible.

First of all, protect people's livelihood needs. For some time, the most active political rumors have come from the aspects where the opinions of the masses are relatively large. Grass-roots governments should pay more attention to social fairness and justice while developing the economy, establish the concept of "people's livelihood is greater than the sky", earnestly strengthen social construction focusing on people's livelihood issues, and strive to solve social hot issues that the people are widely concerned about, so that the people can have a sense of gain, happiness and security.

The second is to smooth the channels of information exchange. Governments at all levels should frankly respond to the people's various questions, so that the people can understand the truth of political events, eliminate suspicion and distrust, at the same time, enhance their recognition and acceptance of the principles and policies of the party and the government, and enhance people's concept of rejecting rumors and relying on formal channels to obtain information, thus effectively squeezing and narrowing the living space of political rumors and stopping the spread of rumors.

Third, dispel rumors in time. The effective way to eliminate rumors is to send authoritative and accurate information at the first time, explain the ins and outs of the incident with as detailed and clear factual evidence as possible, clarify the confusion, and eliminate the anxiety, uneasiness and uneasy psychological state caused by political rumors. This will directly crack down on rumors in the process of information dissemination and greatly weaken the expansion of political rumors.

The fourth is to establish a sound investigation mechanism according to law. We should attach importance to the role of administrative and legal means in the prevention and control of political rumors, strike online rumors accurately and mercilessly, and have a psychological deterrent effect on political rumor makers and disseminators.

At the same time, websites and media should consciously assume the responsibility and obligation to eradicate online rumors and never provide a platform for rumors to spread. Traditional media, especially mainstream media, should play a "stable function", truly and objectively respond to public concerns, break the "rumor rule" under anxiety, and curb the amplification and spread of political rumors.

Fifth, improve people's immunity to rumors. Strengthen legal publicity and education, and form * * knowledge of "shameful rumors and sad rumors" in the whole society. In particular, party member cadres should constantly improve their political acumen, enhance their awareness of party spirit, and ensure that they can distinguish right from wrong and draw a clear line on major issues of principle.

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