Social media has become the infrastructure of contemporary virtual life and greatly influenced the landscapes of the modern culture. By tracking the development of a local subculture in China-BL fandom and analyzing B...Social media has become the infrastructure of contemporary virtual life and greatly influenced the landscapes of the modern culture. By tracking the development of a local subculture in China-BL fandom and analyzing BL fandom on social media, this research argues that social media empowers the subcultural groups and makes the cultural expression of BL fans heard. Meanwhile, the social relationship of online subcultural groups shows the tendency of decentralization and conglomeration, which is typical of social network services. In the interaction between fujoshies through social media, the subcultural groups also develop a collective identity resistant against the mainstream society. The rise of social media leads the contemporary subcultures to a new stage.展开更多
Following the increasing interaction between China's Mainland and Taiwan,Taiwan's idol drama,may be seen as a way of cultural exchange,is very famous in the Chinese community.Not only the dramas become the hot...Following the increasing interaction between China's Mainland and Taiwan,Taiwan's idol drama,may be seen as a way of cultural exchange,is very famous in the Chinese community.Not only the dramas become the hot topic among audience,but the idols and the leading characters are popular.Meanwhile,the popularity of Taiwan's idol drama has stimulated the formation of fans or fandom in China's Mainland.Moreover,as the development of technology many practices or discussions of fans have been moved online.This paper explores the computer-mediated fan group:Summer's Desire Club in Baidu's tieba,one of the most popular fans communities in China's Mainland by using the Ethnography method.Through observing the practices of members(or fans) in this group to discover what practices appear in the computer-mediated communication of Taiwan's idol drama viewing in China's Mainland and why do fans do these practices.展开更多
文摘Social media has become the infrastructure of contemporary virtual life and greatly influenced the landscapes of the modern culture. By tracking the development of a local subculture in China-BL fandom and analyzing BL fandom on social media, this research argues that social media empowers the subcultural groups and makes the cultural expression of BL fans heard. Meanwhile, the social relationship of online subcultural groups shows the tendency of decentralization and conglomeration, which is typical of social network services. In the interaction between fujoshies through social media, the subcultural groups also develop a collective identity resistant against the mainstream society. The rise of social media leads the contemporary subcultures to a new stage.
文摘Following the increasing interaction between China's Mainland and Taiwan,Taiwan's idol drama,may be seen as a way of cultural exchange,is very famous in the Chinese community.Not only the dramas become the hot topic among audience,but the idols and the leading characters are popular.Meanwhile,the popularity of Taiwan's idol drama has stimulated the formation of fans or fandom in China's Mainland.Moreover,as the development of technology many practices or discussions of fans have been moved online.This paper explores the computer-mediated fan group:Summer's Desire Club in Baidu's tieba,one of the most popular fans communities in China's Mainland by using the Ethnography method.Through observing the practices of members(or fans) in this group to discover what practices appear in the computer-mediated communication of Taiwan's idol drama viewing in China's Mainland and why do fans do these practices.
