Making Internet Celebrity Cities:Research On The Spatial Production Of Douyin Internet Celebrity Cities

Short videos replace static narrative expression with dynamic image symbols,and the transmission of city image is no longer macro and official content in the past,but more inclined to life.As an important channel for constructing offline twin cities,Douyin short videos have brought new opportunities for the production and reproduction of online urban space.With its help,cities such as Xi ’an,Chongqing and Zhengzhou have become "Internet celebrities".This paper attempts to use the spatial production theory to investigate the Internet celebrity cities in Douyin platform,explore the spatial production path of Internet celebrity cities in Douyin short videos,and analyze the deep dynamic mechanism behind their transformation into "Internet celebrity".This paper finds that the strong economic strength of the city itself,the unique cultural and tourism landscape,the official attention and the active participation of the city people all provide an important driving force for the construction of Internet celebrity cities.In terms of the spatial production practice of Douyin celebrity city,short videos have changed the production mode and production logic of urban space in the past.On the one hand,virtual space constantly relies on physical space to build online space,on the other hand,virtual space continues to extend the dimension of physical space.In the process of active construction of the online urban representation,the urban space becomes more concrete and three-dimensional by creating an urban space that integrates the virtual and the real.The spatial reproduction of Internet celebrity cities is a complex and dynamic process,which not only includes the promotion of capital and power,but also involves the public’s participation and practice in virtual space with the help of Douyin platform to link real space with virtual space.However,the disconnection between online urban space and offline physical space,and the dissolution of urban cultural heritage by space carnival under the profit-seeking capital have also become a new problem for the sustainable development of Internet celebrity cities.