Chai Jing's Under the Dome
A multimedia documentary in the digital age
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7500692 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shuqin Cui (0000-0002-8476-5910, Asian Studies and Cinema Studies, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 30-45 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Chinese Cinemas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-8061 • E-ISSN: 1750-807X |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17508061.2016.1269481 |
| OpenAlex | W2567691599 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 7 |
Chai Jing's Under the Dome: Investigating China's Smog presents an unprecedented model of how a multi-media documentary can turn an environmental crisis into a dynamic media event that achieves mass virality. The “going viral” came about because of the interplay between unconventional multimedia documentary modes and an extensive digital network characterized by a large number of users resorting to various technologies. While the rhetorical persuasion built upon multimedia assets encouraged viewers to interact with or navigate through the story of an environmentally alarming reality, the digital media enabled citizens alerted to deadly environmental conditions to tap into a channel of green discussion and diverse voices. The irony of the film's initial virality provoking its short-lived circulation reveals once again the brute fact of media censorship and social-political constraints. In a polluted landscape and manipulated virtual space, open discussions and investigative exposures of environmental problems remain political and controversial
Art · Censorship · Chai · China · Event (particle physics · Irony · Literature · Media studies · Multimedia · Persuasion · Political science · Politics · Rhetorical question · Social media · Sociology · Visual arts · Cinema and Media Studies · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Computer Science · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · History · Law
Environmental Politics in East Asia
(In)visible bodies
Dislocation and displacement
The emergence of “consumer sphere”
Fostering opinion leaders’ pro-environmental behaviour
Aesthetics, Technology, and Social Harmony
How Do Environmental News and the Under the Dome Documentary Influence Air-Pollution Knowledge and Risk Perception Among Beijing Residents
When Environmental History Goes Public in China
Understanding China’s environmental challenges
Internet Censorship in China
Global news-making practices on Twitter
Public engagements with smog in urban China
Beyond under the dome
The art of not being chocked
Harmony, Low-Carbon Economy, and the Construction of a Sustainable China Image
Lovely heteronormative families in a harmonious society? The docudrama representations of the human‐pet relationship in contemporary China
Government responsiveness and citizen satisfaction
Praying for Blue Skies
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |