The People Of The Ear In The Digital Era:Research On Internet Sound Media And Daily Life

The digital sound medium,which permeates daily life,reconstructs people's auditory space,develops "the people of the ear in the digital era" with the characteristics of postmodern "nomadic" survival,such as mobility,separation,and node,which becomes the epitome of people's living state in the digital age.Focuses on the influence of the current digital sound media on daily life,and combines the method of "analyse" and "dialogue",this paper uses participatory observation and semi-structured interview by deep experience and observation of the impact of the use of digital sound media on auditory behavior and social communication.It is found that in the complex auditory scene constructed by the combination of digital sound media and sound content,the mobile survival state of the people of the ear in the digital era is mainly presented as the free walking of the body in real society and the roaming of symbol incarnations in the virtual sound scene.At the same time,in the topological auditory space constructed by the digital sound media,the people of the ear in the digital era realizing the presence of different forms through the functions of audio platform navigation and montage switching,constructing a multimodal identity and the existence value of realizing the "second self".In addition,in the auditory space with the characteristics of opening and connecting,the people of the ear in the digital era acting as an important node to connect people,media,and society using "gathering people with sound" and "connecting things with sound ",thus shaping the social communication of "small community" based on sound content,and constructing "network of actors" by voice.This paper holds that the people of the ear in the digital era are not only a living state of modern urban people,but also a phenomenon of auditory culture formed by the infiltration of digital sound media into daily life,constitute the sound landscape of the digital age.