Idols, Fans and Consumption: Cultural Industry and Fans Culture in the Internet Era

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Idols, Fans and Consumption: Cultural Industry and Fans Culture in the Internet Era

Siqi Wang 1*
  • 1 Hangzhou Foreign Language School, Liuhe road, Xihu distinct, Hangzhou, China    
  • *corresponding author 2996002383@qq.com
LNEP Vol.4
ISSN (Print): 2753-7056
ISSN (Online): 2753-7048
ISBN (Print): 978-1-915371-33-1
ISBN (Online): 978-1-915371-34-8

Abstract

In the Internet era, fans, as a group with distinct personalities, have unique psychological mechanisms. At the same time, fans also greatly influence the Internet and even the whole society. This paper tries to sort out the characteristic psychological mechanism of fans and the influence of fans groups by analyzing the comments made by Weibo users. Through the study about fans, it is can be found that individual fans’ psychological mechanism is projection and sexual instinct and the fan groups’ psychological mechanism is group ritual and conformity. These lead to form fan culture and derivative the fans of economy, leading to have a huge influence to the society.

Keywords:

fans, cultural studies, critical theory

Wang,S. (2023). Idols, Fans and Consumption: Cultural Industry and Fans Culture in the Internet Era. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,4,961-973.
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Wang,S. (2023). Idols, Fans and Consumption: Cultural Industry and Fans Culture in the Internet Era. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,4,961-973.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies (ICIHCS 2022), Part 3

ISBN:978-1-915371-33-1(Print) / 978-1-915371-34-8(Online)
Editor:Muhammad Idrees, Matilde Lafuente-Lechuga
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Conference date: 18 December 2022
Series: Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media
Volume number: Vol.4
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