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Participating on a Different Platform: Viewing the Chinese Internet as a Platform for Cultural Performances

Yan, Yongyu
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1376984342

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2013, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, East Asian Languages and Literatures.
The rapid development of this new era of Information has led to the prosperity and socialization of the Chinese Internet. In China, Net friends’ (wangyou) or netizens’ (wangmin) online participation is gradually becoming part of the cultural life nowadays, extending into the Chinese people’s daily life. One of the most salient phenomena that has developed under the influence of the Internet is the ability of netizens to create and circulate their own media products through constant participation and various forms of interaction. As a result, new discursive meanings, expressions, and events engendered by participatory and interactive modes of online cultural production keep emerging and evolving in specific social and cultural contexts. Although more and more Chinese people have a strong impression of getting “bombarded” with messages out of the convergence of the media of the age, this thesis proposes the view that the identities of netizens as both producers and consumers in the process of cultural production are not recent attributes of the Age of the Internet, but derive from thousands of years of Chinese history and have roots in the “haoshizhe” (collectors-aficionados) tradition. Examination of haoshizhe in Chinese literary history and Rexin wangyou (eager, enthusiastic, or zealous netizens) in contemporary China suggests that the “haoshizhe” mentality and the interventionist paradigm in the textual process in early periods are still holding sway over the participatory and interactive climate of today’s online cultural activities. As the Internet which develops in this participatory and interactive mode is attracting more Chinese people to join in both online and offline activities and create a wide range of information, L2 learners of Chinese are also faced with new challenges regarding how to be an informed participant with the “haoshizhe” mindset who knows the clues and rules within online networking environments in order to better adapt to the changing China. This thesis suggests that the pedagogy of performed culture can be explored by instructors to lead L2 learners of Chinese to the Chinese Internet, which will help them start viewing this society from different perspectives, find their positions and make appropriate moves in the process of learning the Chinese language. Finally, some relevant topics and activities that can be applied into class are proposed for instructors.
Galal Walker (Advisor)
Mari Noda (Committee Member)
53 p.
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  • Yan, Y. (2013). Participating on a Different Platform: Viewing the Chinese Internet as a Platform for Cultural Performances [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1376984342

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Yan, Yongyu. Participating on a Different Platform: Viewing the Chinese Internet as a Platform for Cultural Performances. 2013. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1376984342.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Yan, Yongyu. "Participating on a Different Platform: Viewing the Chinese Internet as a Platform for Cultural Performances." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1376984342

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