Research On Use Of Mid-aged Mobile Karaoke Users From Participatory Culture Abstract

The development of new communications technology not only brings a revolution in technology,but also influences people's social life and the culture pattern.Audiences in the new media era are more active and participatory than ever before.They have changed from passive receivers of information to active producers and creators.With the help of new media,they produce a large amount of content,and cooperate,share and connect with various social platforms to form a new media culture,that is participatory culture.With the continuous penetration of the Internet in the real society,more and more mid-aged people has become a part of the network society who are able to master some new media applications,even active in some social media,building a participatory culture belonging to the mid-aged group.Taking the mid-aged users of We Sing app as research object,this paper observes the participation process of mid-aged users in mobile Karaoke app by literature research,network ethnography and interview from the perspective of participatory culture,explores the use motivation and behavior characteristics of mid-aged users,and summarizes the significance of using mobile Karaoke app for mid-aged people.As the virtual community constructed by Internet and new media gradually permeates into the real social life,this paper studies the participatory culture formed by middle-aged people,On the one hand,it fills the gap of middle-aged people in participatory cultural research,on the other hand,it cares about and understands the media life of the mid-aged which is of positive significance to provide them with the technical and emotional care as we can.This paper has been mainly divided into 5 chapters,chapter 1 defines the related concepts,introduces the definition of participatory culture,physical and mental characteristics of mid-aged people and the logic of media use;chapter 2 explores the factors that drive mid-aged people use We Sing;Chapter 3 focuses on the role transformation and characteristics of middle-aged users in the participation;chapter 4 investigates the process of mid-aged users' participation in mobile Karaoke app,analyzes the text features and production skills of mid-aged users,and eventually summarizes the significance of the construction of mid-aged people participatory culture.It has been discovered that mid-aged people use mobile Karaoke app for the three purposes of self-identity construction,entertainment and virtual social needs;as participants,the mid-aged people transfer from the audience to role of disseminator on Karaoke app,due to the relatively weak media consumption ability,they are mainly production-oriented and edge users with sensitive,enthusiastic and personalized behavior characteristics;mid-aged users develop their participatory culture through cultural practice,dynamic connection and collaborative sharing with mid-aged features,which not only makes mid-aged people produce new consumption demand and new personal relationships network,but also enables mid-aged people realize the transformation and accumulation of capital by means of music social intercourse.