The Spatial Politics And Narrative Identity Of The Alternative Media:Study On The Use Of 'Petty Applications' For Young Gay

This paper use the autobiographical narrative interview,semi-structured depth interview method to study the Blued,Aloha,etc local mobile social software("petty applications "),to understand the relationship between the narrative identity of gay and the alternative media use,and the represented by " petty applications " dependency alternative media as a vehicle for gay community space in politics.A year-long investigation mainly studies the following three contents:Changes when gay individuals into(out of)alternative media,the association of gay,the fight for the intergroup word leadership in alternative media,alternative media empowers gay.The main content of the study addresses the related theories of identity and spatial politics.The findings are as follows:First,in the narrative identity of gay," petty applications " is the key to complete its social recognition,also has certain influence to the self-identity.At the same time,not only is technology upgraded,but other alternative media that carried the subculture also provide access to sexual identification.Second,gay rely on alternative media such as " petty applications " discovered "hider" in daily life.Exposed group provides social support for individual identity,but also increases the exposure risk of individual in reality.Thirdly,the diversity of individuals was regulated as unified image under the unitary relationship pattern in "petty applications",and also causes the inner crack of the gay community.