Research Article
Algorithmic Risks and Governance Pathways of University Ideological and Political Education from the Information Cocoon Perspective
Leilei An*
,
Guangyu Luo
Issue:
Volume 11, Issue 4, August 2026
Pages:
89-96
Received:
21 June 2026
Accepted:
2 July 2026
Published:
24 July 2026
DOI:
10.11648/j.her.20261104.11
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Abstract: With the rapid development of algorithmic recommendation technology, ideological and political education in colleges and universities faces multiple risks, including the risk of ideological and value deviation, the risk of deconstructing the discourse power of ideological and political education, the risk of alienating educational subjectivity and interpersonal relationships, the risk of technological ethics and data security, and the risk of formalization in the educational process and its effects. The tension between algorithms and ideological and political education represents a profound contest between instrumental rationality and value rationality, as well as between commercial logic and educational logic. Based on an analysis of the tensions and internal logic between algorithms and ideological and political education, this paper puts forward six governance strategies for algorithmic risks in university ideological and political education. These strategies include establishing clear value orientation and talent cultivation goals, improving educators’ "algorithmic literacy", enriching the content dimension of ideological and political education discourse, perfecting multi-tiered legal, regulatory and standard systems, boosting independent innovation of controllable, trustworthy and interpretable algorithms, and forming a collaborative governance model with multi-party co-governance. These pathways aim to ensure that value rationality guides instrumental rationality, ultimately achieving an organic unity between "algorithms" and "ideological and political education."
Abstract: With the rapid development of algorithmic recommendation technology, ideological and political education in colleges and universities faces multiple risks, including the risk of ideological and value deviation, the risk of deconstructing the discourse power of ideological and political education, the risk of alienating educational subjectivity and ...
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