The “Articulation” of Emotion and History: Research on The Practice of Writing History with Fanfiction Group of The Age of Awakening

WANG Run, YU DongLin

Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2023, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (11) : 61-80.

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Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2023, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (11) : 61-80.
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The “Articulation” of Emotion and History: Research on The Practice of Writing History with Fanfiction Group of The Age of Awakening

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The historical TV series “The Age of Awakening” set off an upsurge in the creation of historical fanfiction on LOFTER, providing a case of local Chinese fanfiction creators participating in historical writing. This paper studies this through qualitative research methods such as online ethnography, text analysis and in-depth interviews, aiming to explore the new mechanism for participating in historical writing and subcultural community interaction among subcultural youth groups in the new media era. The study found that the fanfiction group carried out historical writing through subcultural ways such as design of “time travel” plot, substitutional imagination and coding on “Moe” principles. Besides, they carried out dialogue, negotiation and emotional cohesion under the framework of following the platform logic and mainstream values. The managing of subcultural community to form the “articulation” of emotion and history through the embedding and integration about the development of fanfiction community, business logic, internet governance and historical context. However, the sustainability about subcultural community of historical writing faces the uncertainty. This paper can contribute to understand the mechanism of public historical writing in digital subcultural platform, as well as the creative transformation in the subcultural context in China’s Internet Society.

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historical writing / fanfiction / subculture / digital memory / articulation

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WANG Run , YU DongLin. The “Articulation” of Emotion and History: Research on The Practice of Writing History with Fanfiction Group of The Age of Awakening[J]. Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication. 2023, 45(11): 61-80

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National Social Science Fund “Research on the cultivation path of national identity in the practice of youth red memory in the digital age”(21CXW022)
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