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Street-Stall Boom In The Post-COVID Era Netizen's Participatory Space Construction

Posted on:2022-06-10Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:S Y WuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2518306488995659Subject:Literary and media
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In 2020,a sudden Corona Virus Disease(COVID-19)changed people's past life.In the face of the continuous unemployment problem and economic depression,the government has introduced a series of policies to draw public attention of street vending.Street vending,intertwined with social culture,economic activities,and government power,forming a unique landscape of spatial interaction in the background of COVID-19.Based on this,this article starts from the theory of space production,takes UGC videos and related comments under the topic of Tik Tok platform as examples,explores how netizens participate,and construct an online stall space.First of all,with the support of the media and policies,the real street stall space in the post-epidemic era is used as a symbol by netizens to participate in the production of cyberspace.Secondly,as a diachronic activity with memories of the times,street vending recalls the nostalgic memories of some intergeneration group,and the netizen group construct the imaginative space by writing personal and collective memories in the process.Finally,media power and official discourse is hidden behind the boom of the“street-stall boom”.Netizens have assimilated,negotiated or confronted with the government,capital or power in this space,redefining self-identity and constructing a game-like space.People in the Post-COVID era have suffered economic crises,loneliness or psychological trauma brought by the epidemic.Therefore,this article hopes that the emotional expression of the vulnerable stall group and some Internet users can gain more attention by analyzing the national macroeconomic policy of the stall economy and the phenomenon of Internet carnival,and return to the study of human subjectivity in the end.
Keywords/Search Tags:street vending, COVID-19, media space, spatial production
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