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Why Are "Victims" Allied?Technology,Emotion And Relationship Construction

Posted on:2024-04-01Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y H XieFull Text:PDF
GTID:2568307055462664Subject:Journalism and communication
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China has a tradition of "demolishing ten temples rather than destroying one marriage" since ancient times.The emotional column in the modern media also reminds people that when there is a crack in the marriage relationship,it can be repaired and healed.However,the appearance of the Douban persuasion sub-group with female members as the main body broke this traditional concept.The group took "persuasion" as the core theme.Women who were troubled in intimate relationships showed themselves as "victims" by posting in the group and disclosing men’s deviant behaviors.The group members adhered to the concept of "persuasion without persuasion" and advised women who were troubled in intimate relationships to break up.Women show a high degree of unity and connection in the group,with the characteristics of alliance.However,most of the previous studies focused on the function of the alliance,and there was little research on the preconditions for the formation of the function,that is,the mechanism under which the alliance was formed.Therefore,this study explores how to form a lasting and united alliance and what role emotion and technology play in it through research methods such as online ethnography,content analysis,in-depth interview and questionnaire survey.The final answer is what the alliance means to them,and whether the intervention of new technology has developed interpersonal relationships compared with traditional media.Finally,it is found that platform availability,social availability and mobile availability constitute technology availability,which affects the behavior of members.Production exchange,reciprocal exchange and negotiation exchange have become the main social exchange modes of group members,which strengthen the emotional connection between members.The degree of cognitive,emotional and behavioral responses to members affects the formation of quasisocial relationships.Technology availability,social exchange emotion and quasi-social relationship work together and form a ring structure based on technology availability,linked by social exchange emotion,and sustained by quasi-social relationship.This structure enables the formation and sustained continuation of the alliance.
Keywords/Search Tags:Alliance, Technology affordances, Social exchange of emotions, parasocial relationship, Feminism
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