The Identity Construction Of Female TV Fans

"Game of thrones" is a popular American play that has been released for six seasons in the country.It received a lot of love from domestic female fans.By the method of text analyzed,this paper through the research of female fans specific behavior of the play in the network community,analyze online community reproduction of the play female fans based on the text of the play.This paper explores specific behavior of themselves identification in the community.The first chapter elaborated research background,purpose,significance of this article.From the theory of identity construction,analyzes the development path and Female fans culture research,expounded the current fan culture research which based on the theory of the identity.At the same time,the basic theory of this paper is explained in detail.The second chapter focuses on "Game of Thrones" and its online community.The first part is a basic analysis of" Game of Thrones ".Paper first elaborates HBO which produced the play,expounds its history relying on profession and innovation become to be the model of the TV business in China.Then it described process from underground walk to the foreground.A brief statement of the basic content is followed to understand the series well.Then simply states the debatable content of the show and explained the basic public opinion about its bloodshed?violent and so on.The second section introduces the community of fans online.First,the concept of "fans group" was analyzed,and the "fan" in this paper was defined as the female drama fan who participated in the "meaning" reproduction in the online community.Secondly analyzes the basic situation of the "Game of Thrones" Network community,mainly analyzes basic module Settings and communication topics of the two Platform——the Baidu Post Bar and Zhihu.The focus of this article are the chapters 3 and 4,mainly study the concrete reproduction behavior of "Game of thrones" Chinese female fans in the online community.Then explore how to construct female identity of them.Female fans identity construction is mainly manifested in two aspects:one is the third part,this part expounds individual identity construction of individuals.The other is the fourth chapter.This part expounds group identity and construction.The third chapter mainly states the individual identity construction.From the dimension of gender,intention and emotion,Self-assessment and evaluation of others and role-playing,this paper explores female identity and construction of individuals.The first section analyzes the gender.Female fans are based on the focus to construct identity and identify themselves as women.In the second section,from the point of view of intention and emotion,this paper explored that the female fans will strengthen their identity construction of self through intention projection and emotional projection.To makes the image of the shape to conform to the self-expectation,Female fans put their consciousness of self and emotional tendencies on the specific figures or plot of the play.They maybe get additional imagine on the original basis.They also expressed the idol worship to know themselves.Through the projection of intention and emotion,the reality self and the ideal ego achieve unity,realizing the self-identification construct.From the dimension of self-assessment and the other evaluation,the third part study the female fans compare self-evaluation and and others-evaluation and continuous to improve self-image to make them conform to others expectations,in order to obtain others' identity.The main means of identity is cultural capital,through this kind of cultural capital.Female fans get special interests by it and improve their image of themself and completed unity of image in his eyes and in others eyes.So they realize the construction of self-identity.The fourth section analyzes the concrete behavior of the identity building from the role play aspect.Because reality and the web play the role of "foreground" and"backstage" respectively,the performance of female fans is not same exactly in both Spaces.In cyberspace,Female fans are more likely to express their inner thoughts because there are less constrain on them.Ego and ideal self in cyberspace get unity.By this way,female fans understanding the real self,and achieving their own identity.At the same time,the female fans would construct opinion leader position from one's own profession,them improve their popularity of themselves and get satisfaction to complete identification of the ideal self.As a administrator in the group of female fans,although they are limited by norms and standards,but they still has some authority to screen information which accord with themself and put it on the top.Such a sense of superiority can also reinforce the identity of them.The forth chapter focuses on analyzing the identity construction of different aspects,such as internal boundary and external boundary,from the perspective of multiple boundaries.The first section mainly expounds the concept of "multiple boundary"?the internal boundary and external boundary.Then analyze that the female fans build and strengthen boundary through the form of classification,comparison and distinction.From the perspective of the internal boundary,the first section analyze female fans get identity by the same idol or the same feeling about certain plot.On the other hand,female fans of the overall Game of thrones activities to strengthen the identity by cultivating new forces,find common groups,identify "pseudo" fans,hold offline activities to strengthen the identity of female fans group.In the third quarter,from the perspective of the external boundary aspect,on the one hand,under the influence of foreign culture,female fans performance traditional Confucian culture identity.That is national identity.On the other hand,throughout the aspect of antagonism with men,female fans through criticizing the traditional women,against the male hegemony,extreme expression to construct the body of the female identity.This is a kind of the value of the "we" as female group identity.The fourth section elaborates the self-identity of female fans reshapes their identity and social orientation objectively,and changes the status of being constructed.The final conclusion part illuminates the basic results of this study Then put forward that the future further research could put stress on satisfaction of female fans on "multiple boundary" and factors which influence getting satisfaction.