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題名 Democratic Entertainment’ Commodity and Unpaid Labor of Reality TV: A Preliminary Analysis of China’s Supergirl
作者 Jian, Miao-ju;Liu, Chang-de
貢獻者 新聞系
關鍵詞 reality TV; unpaid labor; democratic entertainment; Supergirl
日期 2009.11
上傳時間 13-Jun-2014 14:26:18 (UTC+8)
摘要 China`s Supergirl, a popular reality talent show, is fairly similar to American Idol in the sense that it created new forms of media commodities as well as new forms of labor. Because of this, the entertainment industry has been able to generate profits in China`s growing broadcasting and, up to now underdeveloped, music markets. By analyzing both the production and consumption of Supergirl, this paper describes the economic development of reality TV in China. We also analyze how this talent show produced a flexible and localized commodity. This paper suggests that a different perspective is needed in order to understand the ways in which the organizers steer and manipulate the audience participation. Volunteer and unpaid labor is created by promoting the ‘TV Cinderella myth’. Fans and participants are symbolically paid in a form of ‘dream‐fulfillment’. People, otherwise accustomed to a Communist regime, are now charmed by a certain amount of apparent democracy that is displayed during the singing contests. This paper coins the above mentioned process as being a specific commodity of ‘democratic entertainment’ in China.
關聯 Inter-asia Cultural Studies, 10(4), 524-543
資料類型 article
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14649370903166382
dc.contributor 新聞系en_US
dc.creator (作者) Jian, Miao-ju;Liu, Chang-deen_US
dc.date (日期) 2009.11en_US
dc.date.accessioned 13-Jun-2014 14:26:18 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 13-Jun-2014 14:26:18 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 13-Jun-2014 14:26:18 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/66693-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) China`s Supergirl, a popular reality talent show, is fairly similar to American Idol in the sense that it created new forms of media commodities as well as new forms of labor. Because of this, the entertainment industry has been able to generate profits in China`s growing broadcasting and, up to now underdeveloped, music markets. By analyzing both the production and consumption of Supergirl, this paper describes the economic development of reality TV in China. We also analyze how this talent show produced a flexible and localized commodity. This paper suggests that a different perspective is needed in order to understand the ways in which the organizers steer and manipulate the audience participation. Volunteer and unpaid labor is created by promoting the ‘TV Cinderella myth’. Fans and participants are symbolically paid in a form of ‘dream‐fulfillment’. People, otherwise accustomed to a Communist regime, are now charmed by a certain amount of apparent democracy that is displayed during the singing contests. This paper coins the above mentioned process as being a specific commodity of ‘democratic entertainment’ in China.en_US
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dc.language.iso en_US-
dc.relation (關聯) Inter-asia Cultural Studies, 10(4), 524-543en_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) reality TV; unpaid labor; democratic entertainment; Supergirlen_US
dc.title (題名) Democratic Entertainment’ Commodity and Unpaid Labor of Reality TV: A Preliminary Analysis of China’s Supergirlen_US
dc.type (資料類型) articleen
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1080/14649370903166382en_US
dc.doi.uri (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14649370903166382en_US