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1. In 2018, anti-sexual assault campaign “Me Too” spread around the world. Several incidents of sexual assault and harassment in domestic charity communities, media community and intellectuals’ community dominate our screens on social media. A brave woman wrote an article accusing Zhang Wen, a famous media person, of sexually assaulting her after making her drunk and forced her to have sexual intercourse with him and threatened her many times after the sexual assault. Then Jiang Fangzhou, Yi Xiaohe and Chunshu stepped up and talked about their similar misfortunes on social media. Later, Zhang Wen refuted on social media. In the face of more and more accusations, Zhang Wen denied all of them and made a comment on each girl:

 

“The girl who accused him of raping, had multiple boyfriends successively during university. One of them is a married teacher who wanted to have a divorce and marry her. On the night of their sexual intercourse, she was going to pick up her boyfriend at the airport, who is also a married man.”

 

“Jiang Fangzhou is a single lady who had many boyfriends. Yi Xiaohe is a divorcee who show up in many drinking parties.”

 

Zhang Wen’s move can be described as an overt “slut shaming”. The definition given by Wikipedia is as follows: Slut shaming is a concept used to describe the behavior that makes a person, especially a woman, feel ashamed or inferior for her sexual behavior or desire. This kind of sexual behavior or desire is considered to deviate from the traditional expectations for this gender, or is considered to be unnatural, immoral and against the canon.

 

Examples of women suffering from “slut shaming” include: sexy clothes violating the conventional dress code, requiring contraception, premarital sex, casual sex, engaging in sexual work, being raped or sexually harassed. In short, “slut shaming” means to belittle, ridicule and insult women, because their sexual experience, behavior or desire does not meet expectations of the society.

 

After Zhang Wen posted on social media, many male friends of Zhang Wen who are also media persons and intellectuals voiced their support for Zhang Wen by insulting and besieging the females involved in this incident on social media. Looking back at the history of incidents online where female are the victims of sexual assault and harassment, we see that “slut shaming” spring up all the time.

 

Based on this case, please think about the positivity and hardship facing women’s empowerment that’s brought by new media.

 

 

2. In recent years, many well-known web fictions, films or TV series adapted from fictions all choose powerful heroine as the main character. Based on this “Mary Sue” powerful female character cultural phenomenon, what are the contradictions and complex psychological mechanisms of women in constructing their own discourse system? What do you think of the contradiction and significance of this feminist expression?

 

3. In recent years, online influencer-style face and shows about young pregnant lady in short-video websites became popular. Please analyze the cultural significance of women’s body consumption on social media based on Baudrillard’s dual perspective of modern women’s body liberation.

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Pregnant before marriage becomes an honor? Early romantic relationship and pregnancy become the new fashion? When will these nonsense mess in live streaming end? Romantic relationship, pregnancy and childbirth of minors are taboos in real life, yet not in live streaming shows. Videos about 14-year-old girl giving birth, the youngest mother of her second child, a girl getting pregnant secretly often become trending videos in live streaming platforms. National television exposes this nonsense mess in live streaming.

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New Media and Cultural Studies课程列表:

Introduction

-Introduction

Lesson 1: Introduction to Theories of Culture

-1.1 Culturalism

--1.1

-1.2 Marxist Theory

--1.2

-1.3 Structuralism and Post-structuralism

--1.3

-1.4 Gender and Sexuality

--1.4

-Unit Test 1

-Discussion Questions of Lesson 1

Lesson 2: New Media and Rhetorical Criticism

-2.1 Aristotle’s Classical Rhetoric

--2.1

-2.2 Kenneth Burke’s New Rhetoric

--2.2

-2.3 Frame and Metaphor: Two Weapons in the Fight for Discourse

--2.3

-2.4 The Concepts of Our Time and the Secret to their Creation

--2.4

-Unit Test 2

-Discussion Questions of Lesson 2

Lesson 3: New Media and Semiotic Criticism

-3.1 Understanding Signs: From Saussure to Pierce

--3.1

-3.2 The Power Relationship Behind Signs

--3.2

-3.3 The Landscape of Signs in the Cyber World

--3.3

-3.4 A Model of Communication Semiotic Criticism

--3.4

-Unit Test 3

-Discussion Questions of Lesson 3

Lesson 4: New Media and Gender Criticism

-4.1 Feminist Stance in Romance Web Fiction

--4.1

-4.2 Paradox of Body Consumption

--4.2

-4.3 Women’s Empowerment in New Media

--4.3

-Unit Test 4

-Discussion Questions of Lesson 4

Lesson 5: New Media and Consumption Criticism

-5.1 Optimistic Theories of Cultural Consumption

--5.1

-5.2 Pessimistic Theories of Cultural Consumption

--5.2

-5.3 Fan Culture and Convergence Culture

--5.3

-Unit Test 5

-Discussion Questions of Lesson 5

Lesson 6: New Media and Ritual Criticism

-6.1 Understanding Rituals

--6.1

-6.2 Media Events and Media Rituals

--6.2

-6.3 Interaction Ritual Chains

--6.3

-6.4 New Media Ritual Criticism

--6.4

-Unit Test 6

-Discussion Questions of Lesson 6

Lesson 7: New Media and Subculture Criticism

-7.1 Overview of Subcultural Studies

--7.1

-7.2 Birmingham School’s Subcultural Studies

--7.2

-7.3 The Incorporation of Subcultures

--7.3

-7.4 Case Studies of Subcultures

--7.4

-Unit Test 7

-Discussion Questions of Lesson 7

Lesson 8: New Media and Spatial Criticism

-8.1 Space and Spatial Epistemology

--8.1

-8.2 Spatial Practice and Power Production

--8.2

-8.3 Lefebvre’s Theory of the Production of Space

--8.3

-8.4 Foucault’s Theory of Space Discipline

--8.4

-8.5 Cultural Consequences of the Production of Space

--8.5

-Unit Test 8

-Discussion Questions of Lesson 8

Lesson 9: New Media and Technology Criticism

-9.1 Telegraph: Technology and Cultural Changes

--9.1

-9.2 Virtual Reality: Technology and Space-Time Restructuring

--9.2

-9.3 Mobile Phone: Technology and Subjectivity Alienation

--9.3

-9.4 WeChat: Technology Reshapes Social Relationships

--9.4

-Unit Test 9

-Discussion Questions of Lesson 9

Lesson 10: New Media and Body Criticism

-10.1 Five Shapes of Body

--10.1

-10.2 Philosophical “Adventure” of Body

--10.2

-10.3 The Code of Power Behind Body

--10.3

-10.4 Body Politics in the Era of New Media

--10.4

-Unit Test 10

-Discussion Questions of Lesson 10

Lesson 11: New Media and Globalization Criticism

-11.1 Internet Freedom: Media Imperialism in the Global Village

--11.1

-11.2 Cyber Diplomacy: The New Blue Ocean of Global Political Communication

--11.2

-11.3 Cyber Terrorism: The Challenge of New Media Decentralization

--11.3

-Unit Test 11

-Discussion Questions of Lesson 11

Lesson 12: Research Methods for New Media Culture

-12.1 Overview of Research Methods

--12.1

-12.2 Ethnography

--12.2

-12.3 Focus Group

--12.3

-12.4 Interactive Narrative

--12.4

-Unit Test 12

-Discussion Questions of Lesson 12

Final Exam

-Final Exam

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