Idol Economy and Consumption of Younger Generation Entertainment

A Sociological and Motivational Approach on Chinese Fans

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210806.158How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Chinese Entertainment, Fan Group

Abstract

The basic situation of Chinese fans and their relationship with their entertainment idols are discussed from both sociological and psychological perspectives. Specifically, questionnaires and a corresponding systematic literature review based on description are carried out. By means of typological descriptions, the changing nature of Chinese entertainment industry is defined in communication technology way and sorted by sociodemographic variables (e.g., gender, age and idol/cultural circles). Moreover, younger generation is the main power in Chinese idol economy according to the results. However, their relationship with their idol shows no explicit psychological mechanism.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rui Chen
AU  - Yaqi Hu
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/08/09
TI  - Idol Economy and Consumption of Younger Generation Entertainment
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 5th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 834
EP  - 838
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210806.158
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210806.158
ID  - Chen2021
ER  -