Recently, Dongfang's selection of Dong Yuhui's "small composition" turmoil has caused the term "fan circle culture" to once again attract public attention and discussion. New conflicts have arisen between fans in some extreme fan circles, and related incidents have been widely spread on the Internet. This has led people to think again about the term "fan circle culture" - what exactly does it refer to? What kind of cultural form does it represent?
When it comes to this topic, we might as well review the origin of the word "fan circle". The term "fan circle" was originally used in the entertainment industry, referring to the cultural circle formed by the fan group around the star or idol. These fans gather to discuss and interact with their favorite idols.
For example, they will consume idols' new **, new movies, advertising endorsements, etc., one by one; For example, when an idol has a birthday, he will spontaneously organize activities to celebrate the idol's birthday, make support**, hold parties, and so on.
There is nothing wrong with these interactions in themselves, they can only be described as spontaneous cultural expressions and communities of enthusiasts. So what are the connotations of "fan circle culture"? Let's take a look at its major characteristics.
First, a highly self-enclosed circle culture. It's like playing a mobile game, when you first enter a game, there will be a newbie guide task to tell you what to do. Once these missions are completed, you are immersed in the rules of this game world, and if you get hooked, you will have the illusion that "this is the whole world".
Fans in the fan circle culture also have such an illusion of "this is my world". They magnify the relationship between their idols and like-minded people, while keeping a distance from other objective facts and other values. Over time, the entire coordinate system in which they live has become a series of institutionalized interactions such as likes and rankings in the circle.
Second, the dichotomy of value judgment is extremely narrow. In this highly closed and self-satisfied environment, people in the fan circle culture can easily develop a tendency to judge others to the extreme.
Either they stand on the same stand, speak the same words, and obey the same value judgment system; Either they are aliens, and those who hold different views are "other" and heretical. This is vividly reflected in many controversies and struggles in the fan circle.
Third, the "rightism" that distorts freedom. This is also a relatively obvious feature of the fan circle culture in recent years. Some extreme fan circles will hold an attitude of "I, as a fan, I have the right to do anything for my idol".
They regard freedom as the right to act arbitrarily, and you can't deny me, you can't criticize me, it's all trampling on my human dignity. As everyone knows, the "dignity of the human person" here is just wishful thinking on their part.
If we think about it, if we magnify these characteristics and put them into a broader cultural perspective, it is actually a huge moral kidnapping.
It says, I have the right to define what kind of cultural form is right, and you must unconditionally embrace it; It says that being on my side is justice, and the perspective against me is **; It said, I enjoy absolute freedom of speech, and you are wrong in any way you think about it.
Such a form of culture is full of terrible ideological overtones. It declares that "only the rules of our rice circle are correct, only our power is the highest, and all other value systems should serve us".
In the broader social and cultural context, this is simply a new version of totalitarianism in the century.
Of course, we should not completely dismiss some of the positive elements in the fan circle culture. Things like sharing positive energy with each other, spontaneously carrying out public welfare publicity, and holding offline cultural activities are all worthy of recognition.
But the problem is that these seeds of goodness are often exploited by those who distort the original meaning of "freedom" by sowing hatred and creating contradictions under the guise of "benefiting idols".
And this kind of starting point, which was misplaced from the beginning, is destined to lead them down the wrong path.
So what is the original meaning of fan circle culture? This requires us to step out of the perspective of the frog at the bottom of the well and look for answers from the higher level of human value system.
What kind of elements should it contain? Openness, inclusiveness, progress, rationality, peace. This is the mainstream direction of cultural development in the century.
From this perspective, we will find that there is no need for you to die in many things, and there is no need to open your mouth to come to cultural kidnapping. We just need to understand each other and tolerate each other. This is the original meaning of fan circle culture.
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