Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Social Science and Higher Education (ICSSHE 2021)

Weibo “Super Topic Community”: Virtual Community from the Perspective of Interactive Ceremony Chain

Authors
Xiaozhen Ma1, Xiaojie Gong1, Xiaofeng Cong1, Jia Cong2, *
1School of Political Science and Law, University of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250022, China
2Marketing Department, Lancaster University, City of Lancaster LA14YX,The United Kingdom
*Corresponding author Email: 2428407729@qq.com
Corresponding Author
Jia Cong
Available Online 23 November 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211122.057How to use a DOI?
Keywords
virtual community; super chat on Weibo; interactive ceremony; interaction logic
Abstract

The purpose of the study is to substitute the theory of interactive ritual chain to analyze the interaction logic, characteristics, rules and motivations of the members of the microblog “Super Topic Community”, and discuss its possible construction results and practical problems.This electronic uses participatory observation and in-depth interviews as research methods, and takes the current popular “Langlang Ding” Super Topic Community as a research sample, ten samples were drawn from it as research objects. In the end, the study found that interest needs and emotional satisfaction are the starting point and motivation of member interaction rituals. The interpersonal relationship between members within the community is a “net-born” relationship construction process, forming a “circle-oriented” relationship structure and field pattern. Interactive features. And through the established rules to restrain members, gradually internalized into members’ self-restraint, weaken the subjectivity of individual individuals, strengthen group consciousness, and build group identity.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Social Science and Higher Education (ICSSHE 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
23 November 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-464-3
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211122.057How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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