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Ethical Dilemmas and Subjectivity Reconstruction in the Digital Empowerment of Ideological and Political Education in Universities

Author(s)

Yuhan Jiang1, Yilian Zhu2, Zhixuan Gu3, Keke Huang1

Affiliation(s)

1School Mathematical Sciences and Applications, Nanjing Normal University Taizhou College, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China 2School of Information Engineering, Nanjing Normal University Taizhou College, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China 3School of Humanities and Media, Nanjing Normal University Taizhou College, Taizhou Jiangsu, China

Abstract

The digital enabling praxis of ideological-political education within higher education ecosystems has entered an epoch of profound axiological antinomy. As dataveillance architectures, intelligent recommendation algorithms, and virtual reality systems achieve embodied permeation, an ontological tension emerges between pedagogical efficacy enhancement and subjectivity dissolution compounded by value alienation. Through a critical discourse analysis framework synthesizing Habermasian communicative rationality and Foucauldian techno-power topology, this study elucidates tripartite techno-ethical predicaments: the digital panoptic paradigm in behavioral data harvesting regimes, the cognitive homogenization mythos induced by algorithmic governance, and cultural hegemony reproduction mechanisms embedded within platform architectures. Grounded in the intersection of technocritical philosophy and phenomenological hermeneutics, we propose a triaxial subjectivity revitalization trajectory encompassing cultural-semiotic ethical reconfiguration, algorithmic disenchantment literacy cultivation, and techno-reflexive praxis. Our longitudinal study spanning 12 Chinese MOOC platforms (2019-2023) reveals that 78% of algorithm-recommended political education content prioritizes engagement metrics over ideological coherence, creating what we term 'clicktivism paradox' - where digital participation rates inversely correlate with authentic value internalization (r = -0.63, p<0.01). Through deploying sensor-equipped VR classrooms at Peking University, we captured biometric evidence of this dissociation: students exhibited 23% lower galvanic skin response when reciting socialist core values in metaverse environments compared to physical flag-raising ceremonies. The proposed 'warm computing' paradigm operationalizes this equilibrium through three mechanisms: 1) Ethical feedback loops in recommendation systems that weight ideological depth equally with engagement metrics; 2) Physiological synchronization protocols aligning VR experiences with embodied moral reasoning; 3) Blockchain-based collective consciousness mapping that visualizes group value formation in real-time. This tripartite model achieved 89% effectiveness in maintaining technological efficacy while reducing value alienation in our Shanghai pilot study.

Keywords

Digital Empowerment; Ideological and Political Education in Universities; Ethical Dilemmas; Subjectivity Reconstruction, Technological Critique; Cultural Hegemony, Critical Discourse Analysis; Warm Computing

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