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The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology, 2019, 1(2); doi: 10.25236/FSST.20190203.

Entertainment and Education: An Analysis of the Ideological and Political Education Function of Online Games

Author(s)

Wang Yiyi

Corresponding Author:
Wang Yiyi
Affiliation(s)

School of Politics, National Defense University, Shanghai, China

Abstract

As a cultural product of the Internet era, Online Games meet the practical requirements of Ideological and political education and have dual functions of "entertainment" and "education". If they are correctly understood and utilized, they can play a powerful ideological guiding role. Therefore, incorporating the relevant content of Ideological and political education into online games can make teenagers receives the baptism of ideas while entertaining. Firstly, this paper discusses the basic rules of online games, defines the definition and characteristics of online games, and further systematically analyses the ideological and political education function of online games, as well as how to give full play to the advantages of online games in the ideological and political education practice of teenagers, and promote the realization of Ideological and political education.

Keywords

Online games. ideological and Political Education

Cite This Paper

Wang Yiyi, Entertainment and Education: An Analysis of the Ideological and Political Education Function of Online Games. The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology (2019) Vol. 1 Issue 2: 13-23. https://doi.org/10.25236/FSST.20190203.

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