From Fans to “Little Pink”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20055488 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jing Wu (0000-0002-6559-4335), Simin Li (0000-0001-6286-8962), Hongzhe Wang (0009-0006-2756-9135) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | 32-52 |
| Publication date | 2019-02-13 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | From Cyber-Nationalism to Fandom Nationalism (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9780429447754-3 |
| OpenAlex | W2916637967 |
| ISBN | 9780429447754 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
At the beginning of 2016, “Diba Expedition to Facebook” event created shock waves to public opinion about the shape and strength of China’s so-called Internet nationalism. This nationalist dynamic also spread to various news events like “the South China Sea issue”, the “Zhao Wei incident”, the “Horton event”, “THAAD dispute”, and so on. The occurrence of Internet nationalism was basically concurrent with the early adoption of the Internet in China. The commercial strategies of Internet fandom construction are to actively promote group identification. The cultural industry benefits from conspicuous and wasteful consumption for idols by fans through deep emotional mobilization. The interaction between entertainment and politics has something to do with transnational fandom itself, but is also closely connected to the mediatization of global politics. The events in the chapter explain how commercial entertainment and politics interact and mutually construct the world of the Internet. Gaming itself has a strong feature of competition and the production of collective identity
Marriage in Death and the Cyberspace of Feminist Intervention in Contemporary China
‘We are citizens, not fans’
‘Push-and-pull’ for visibility
From cultural to toxic capital
A Tragic Hero in a Borrowed Jersey
Soft nationalism and China
Performative Propaganda Engagement
Between culture and control
From Homeland-Mother to Azhong-Brother
Who is Insulting China? Popular Nationalism and Ruhua Accusations
Consumer nationalism in digital space
Politicizing for the idol
Internet memes, populist campaigns
Love your idol in a 'cleaned' way
Traffic, Money, and Political Consent
| Citations per year | 3.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |