The Practical Challenges and Ways Forward for News & Communication in Higher Vocational Education Under the Influence of 5G Technology

Abstract

As a revolutionary technology, 5G has 6 basic features: high speed, ubiquitous network, low power consumption, low latency, Internet of Everything and reconfiguration of security systems; these together allows a leap from the Traditional Internet and Mobile Internet to an age of Intelligent Internet where all things are connected and always online. 5G has been restructuring the media industry by inducing changes in its four fundamental qualities and properties, i.e., communicators, users, contents and media. The Higher Vocational Education of News & Communication should take a turn and rethink the traditional model of education and teaching practices which had been built on the mode of mass communication; progressive, reformative strategies should be adopted in light of the current realities and past experiences in this field; goals of its training of talents should be repositioned with reference to the demands around media industry in the 5G Era, so as to address important questions such as who are to be cultivated, how this process of cultivation should be done and for whom are we carrying out such a process. Meanwhile, however, educators should note the risks associated with the technology and make it artistic.