Contested fandom and nationalism: How K-Pop fans perform political consumerism in China

IF 3.2 2区 文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION Global Media and China Pub Date : 2022-05-26 DOI:10.1177/20594364221093768
Eureka Shiqi Wang
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Abstract

In post-THAAD period, anti-Hallyu sentiments in China have never faded out, exemplified by outbursts of anger from staunch nationalists. Social media has been considered by scholars as a force for fandom nationalism, meaning that the nation is an idol for online nationalists to love. Worshiping different idols from the nationalists, K-pop fans in China appear to take on the self-effacing ethos, while, their enthusiasm towards Hallyu has never been incinerated. This study sets out with how Chinese K-pop fans behave as deliberate consumers of Hallyu despite the authorities’ informal tamping down on South Korean media products and domestic nationalists’ constant outpouring of anti-Hallyu sentiments. After conducting digital ethnography on Weibo, this study finds that consumerism is political and employed by China’s K-pop fandom as a unique form of fan activism, while it also works as a safety valve for them to negotiate with the nationalists without undercutting the ideology.
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有争议的粉丝和民族主义:韩国流行乐迷如何在中国表现政治消费主义
在后萨德时代,中国的反韩流情绪从未消退,坚定的民族主义者的愤怒爆发就是一个例证。社交媒体一直被学者们认为是粉丝民族主义的一股力量,这意味着这个国家是网络民族主义者热爱的偶像。与民族主义者崇拜不同的偶像,中国的K-pop粉丝似乎采取了谦逊的精神,然而,他们对韩流的热情从未被烧毁。这项研究阐述了尽管当局非正式地打压韩国媒体产品,以及国内民族主义者不断流露出反韩流情绪,但中国K-pop粉丝是如何自觉地成为韩流消费者的。在微博上进行数字人种学研究后,本研究发现,消费主义是政治性的,被中国的K-pop粉丝们用作一种独特的粉丝行动主义形式,同时它也可以作为他们与民族主义者谈判的安全阀,而不会削弱意识形态。
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审稿时长
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