Media's Construction Of Epidemic Memories

In the past media practice,“epidemic memories” seemd to be a topic that has not been discussed much.The epidemic,which has produced such an impact,has become a mere “historical juxtaposition” in the daily media narrative.However,during the epidemic of COVID-19,the epidemic memories based on the We Chat Public Platform presented rich texts,which became an eye-catching phenomenon and triggered the author's thinking:How is it possible that We Chat Public Platform to carry out the media practice of epidemic memories on? What are the characteristics of this practice? How does the We Chat Public Platform construct epidemic memories,which subject participates in it,which epidemic has been retroactively reviewed,and in what way? What are the gains and losses of the We Chat Public Platform for the construction of epidemic memories,and what are the implications for the construction of epidemic memories in the future?Through participatory observation,quantitative analysis and text analysis,this paper attempts to answer the above questions.The first chapter mainly discusses the definition of epidemic memories and its media practice.The second chapter discusses the epidemic memories' practice of We Chat Public Platform;The third chapter discusses the construction of epidemic memories on We Chat Public Platform from three dimensions,such as subject,content and form.The fourth chapter discusses the gains and losses and enlightenment of the media construction of epidemic memories.This study found that the infectivity of the epidemic caused its memory to be difficult to survive in the offline space,thus laying a foundation for media practice.We Chat Public Platform construction of epidemic memories presents obvious diversity:in the aspect of memories' subjects,apart from news media,individuals,the commercial media and history institutions have become the main participants of the media construction of epidemic memories,which formed multiple memory text paradigm,such as the autobiographical writing,online exhibition and so on.In the aspect of content,the text of epidemic memories presents multivariate frameworks such as the“salvation myth” framework,“community pursue” framework,and “metaphor death”framework that is different from SARS;Media play a positive role in epidemic memories in three ways: bring interaction to epidemic memories,realizing the bidirectional coverage and correction of epidemic memories,and building a stable national identity,social identity and self-identity.However,it also inevitably carries various risks of modern media.