Non-digital fan networking: How Japanese animation and comics disseminated in China despite authoritarian deterrence

IF 1.5 2区社会学 Q1 CULTURAL STUDIES

International Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-13 DOI:10.1177/13678779221125241

M. Chew

引用次数: 1

Abstract

This study has three research objectives. Its major theoretical objective is to theorize the political impact of fan networks in authoritarian contexts. It finds that these fan networks perform the counterhegemonic work of blocking the authoritarian state's preferred solution to ‘the dictator's popular cultural dilemma’. Its major empirical objective is to understand how anime (Japanese animation) and manga (Japanese comics) disseminated so successfully in China despite authoritarian deterrence. It offers an explanation based on fan networking and fan network resilience. Its secondary theoretical objective is to enrich the research on non-digital kinds of fan networks. Its dataset mainly consists of anime and manga publications and other primary sources such as fans’ memoirs and reports.

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非数字粉丝网络：日本动画和漫画如何不顾威权威慑在中国传播

本研究有三个研究目的。其主要理论目标是理论化粉丝网络在威权语境下的政治影响。研究发现，这些粉丝网络发挥了反霸权的作用，阻止了威权国家对“独裁者的大众文化困境”的首选解决方案。它的主要实证目标是理解动漫(日本动画)和漫画(日本漫画)是如何在中国如此成功地传播的，尽管有威权主义的威慑。它提供了一个基于粉丝网络和粉丝网络弹性的解释。其次要理论目的是丰富对非数字化类型粉丝网络的研究。它的数据集主要包括动漫出版物和其他主要来源，如粉丝的回忆录和报告。

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International Journal of Cultural Studies Multiple-

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4.20

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9.50%

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