A Study Of Chinese Style Internet Man Hunt In A Narrow Sense

Since the "Chen Ziyao Event" in 2001,the Man Hunt in a narrow sense has developed eight years in China,and has become globally noted phenomenon characteristic of China in the digital times.Its important positive and negative large roles have exerted strong and deep influences on social development and personal life in China,and thus become a focus of internet development and social controversy in China in that period of time.Using the research method of documentary analysis,this paper generalizes the causes of the formation and development of the internet "Man Hunt" in its narrow sense in China,and elaborates its positive and negative roles.Based on tracing its eight-year development process,the paper proposes a narrow-sense concept and types of"Man Hunt".It is found in this paper that the narrow-sense "Man Hunt" as a whole has been at a rising stage and shown a tendency of fine development of system self-organization.Further,this paper sets up a communication model of narrow-sense "Man Hunt", defines its communication process and related stakeholders to lay the foundation of knowing its communication features and later in the paper putting forward relevant countermeasures to normalize the field.Also,by using questionnaire investigation,this paper examines Internet users' attitudes toward narrow-sense "Man Hunt",again validating its complex characteristics of having both positive and negative effects,and thus sets up the regulating strategy for narrow-sense "Man hunt":We should positively direct and regulate it rather than deny and forbidden it entirely and legally,so as to promote the favorable and avoid the harmful,and to bring the positive roles of ethics and public-opinion supervision into a full play.In addition,this questionnaire investigation makes a preliminary identification of related factors influencing Internet users' attitudes and lay the foundation of further researches.Directed by the communication model and regulation strategy and against the most criticized problem of online infringe caused by the narrow-sense "Man Hunt", the author probes into construction of a regulation system composed of laws, regulations and rules,self-discipline of Internet communicators,direction and modification of traditional media,providing reference for future regulation and management.