The Proud And Plight Of Bullshit Under The Internet Context

As an everyday communication way, bullshit is the speech or text that is not based on the facts. Bullshit natural has two features of ration and deconstruction. As closely relating with publicity, bullshit is almost penetrating in every public discussion in the context of Internet.This study aims at investigating the public properties of bullshit on Internet under Chinese linguistic environment in virtual network society by a case study of the topic of ZhaoHongxia discussed in recent6months. The means of research combines the methods of qualitative and quantitative to present the overall perspective of the LeiZhengfu indecent video events and the complex social context. Material is mainly from document literature and participation observation.In the second media age, routine communication returns to the field of communication research. Based on this background, the paper discusses the thesis related to form the view of interdisciplinary, including philosophy, sociology, politics, rhetoric as well as communication.The study finds:3public spaces of authority, media and Internet worked together in the research. The public space of authority sent the tone of the event as the public space of media played a role as a rational guide of public opinion.The public space built by the Internet was mainly composed by mass bullshit, which could form a powerful force by attracting larger crowds with people’s desire of vision feast and a variety of rhetoric, Meanwhile the truth could appear in the free market of bullshit as well as in the space of anti-bullshit. These were the glories of the bullshit on Internet.However, the content created by the irresponsible bullshitter was so homogenous that bullshit on Internet lost its destructive function and became the buffer of conflicts and struggles. These were the dilemma of the bullshit on Internet.Unfortunately, the hypothesis is falsified at the end of the study, which is trying to explore a middle way of public participation between the public sphere of Habermas and the mob of LeBon.