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Analysis Of The Irrationalism Of Network Consensus In Group-times

Posted on:2012-05-04Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H ZhengFull Text:PDF
GTID:2218330338960239Subject:Communication
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In a rapidly developing society, people is easily feel diluted and unsecured because of transition of concept and social pressure, and then a feeling of loneliness becomes more and more serious. However, invention of the Internet supplies a platform for them and then forms a certain group in the Internet. To some extent, ways and features they express their ideas and communicate may influence the network consensus.As a new burgeoning media, network has extended into every aspects of our life. And the rise of the cyberspace supplies a hot platform to express people's thoughts and feelings. People can express their opinions and comments of certain focus incidents, social phenomenon and social problems. When such comment causes influence and a trend, it may facilitate the force of public opinion and then from the network consensusIn the establishment and spread of network consensus, the cyber public plays the guiding role. They are not only the recipient but also the disseminator. Especially in the era of multimedia and social transformation period, Internet users have special inner activities. Whether network environment or the inner characteristic, and also the social environment will influence netizen's comments of some social incidents or probes. Some of these comments are individual sentiments which have much subjectivity, and some are interactions of netizen so that the irrationalism of the network consensus becoming serious. And the advent of language is a turning point to define rationalism and irrationalism because different schools have different explanations from various points of view, such as philosophy and real life. However, in the virtual cyberspace, all the words are silent and even the users are visional, thus the definition of irritation is single and vague. We distinguish the rational or irrational network consensus only through their comments and the characteristic of users'inner activities for their true thoughts can express by their comments, attitudes and feelings.In fact, Network has features of anonymity, interactivity, and freedom so that it becomes a good platform for the lonely modernist to express freely. In the cyber world, they needn't display their identities and can express opinions without the slightest hesitancy. At the same time, they can obtain the feeling of acceptance when they exchange and spread opinions. Gradually, under the complex cyber environment and the effect of netizens'inner characteristics, cyber violence, cyber rumor and group polarization will inevitably emerge. The framework of report and agenda setting also help to cause these phenomenon's which bring irrationalism and risks to the network consensual.In recent years, irrationalism of network consensus has influenced healthy social life and brought impact on harmonious cyber world, such as the"media trial"brought by irrational network consensus will influence the fairness and objectivity of justice. Moreover, it will also weaken the public credibility of cyber media and then obstruct legal consciousness and ideas of law.This article attempt to analyze influence factors of the formation of network consensus and center on the formation and reasons of irrationalism of network consensus under the background of"this is a group times formed by lonely modernists". From views of psychology, especially group psychology and Max Scheler's Theory of Resentment, this article analyzes the psychology of netizens. Moreover, it refers to the characteristics of media and its influence on irrationalism of network consensus, then supplies measures to avoid irrationalism trend. After all, it aims at building a more harmonious cyberspace and complete network consensus guiding system.
Keywords/Search Tags:Network Consensus, Group Psychology, Irrational Expression
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