Research On The Function Of American TV Series In Cross-Cultural Communication In China

TV drama program is an art of the combination of sound and image. Its great transmission power decides its function in cross-cultural communication. In today’s world of information globalization and cultural diversification, more and more TV plays come from overseas via a not traditional medium---internet, the most typical of which is American TV series. As an important carrier of American culture, American TV series’audience are high-end crowds and its influence is far-reaching. Thus, the transmission of American TV series is worthy of attention and study.With the theories of semiotics and transmission, using American TV series as objectives and the analysis of visual language and narrative pattern analysis as the basic framework, the paper will reveal the secrets for successful cross-cultural communication of American TV series and furthermore with the analysis of its mode of operation, the paper will summarize the key elements of the successful transmission of high quality TV plays, which will help with the development of Chinese TV plays and realize the cross-cultural communication of Chinese first-rate TV plays.The paper is composed of four parts. The first part deals with the definition and introduction of American TV series, the analysis of transmission characteristics of American TV series in China, the introduction of the function and contribution of fansubgroups. The second part focuses on the text of American TV series, analyzing the intrinsic factors of the successful cross-cultural transmission through American TV series. By analyzing the theory of cross-cultural communication, the third part summarizes the power factors of the successful cross-cultural transmission through American TV series from the angel of the production and operation, cultural transmission and audience development mechanisms. The fourth part reveals the useful efforts of the transmission mode of American TV series for Chinese TV plays and talks about the challenges we face.Today, the communication among different cultures is overwhelming, TV drama program, as an important way to demonstrate the culture soft power, is no exception. While facing the challenges from alien cultures, we should accept the good and reject the bad instead of just being vigilant and imposing restrictions.