virtual chinese literature: a comparative case study of online poetry communities

Hockx, Michel

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“…To be sure, state regulations still govern Chinese online literary websites. For example, Hockx (2005) shows that there are rules of submission to online poetry sites. Taboo topics, such as pornography and criticism of the censors, are restricted across all portals.…”

Section: The Emergence Of Chinese Online Literature As a Cultural Formmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Fandom and coercive empowerment: the commissioned production of Chinese online literature

Tian

Adorjan

2016

Media, Culture & Society

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This paper examines how the relationship between consumers and producers of cultural products is shaped by the proprietary nature of digital platforms. Drawing on four years of online observation and analysis, we examine the relationship between the producers of online Chinese fiction, amateur writers, and their consumers, i.e. the fan communities of readers who respond to their work. Enabled by Chinese literary websites, readers act like sponsors who provide emotional and financial incentives for writers to produce online fictions by commenting, voting, and sending money. Readers become actively involved not just because of the content of the stories, but because they form strong commitments to stories and their writers, and gain reciprocity and a sense of self-determination during the interactional process. We argue that although writers are freer from state control online, they are still beholden to the whims of their fans because of what we call the commissioned production of fictions. We contribute to fan community studies by analyzing how commercialized website settings structure the strategies available to participants, how these settings affect the content of the cultural products, and how the Chinese historical and cultural contexts impact the dynamics of the online community.

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Section: The Emergence Of Chinese Online Literature As a Cultural Formmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the late 1990s, online fictions became popular as the Internet provided a platform for unknown writers (Hockx, 2005; Ouyang, 2011). This new cultural form has been praised for being less utilitarian, more egalitarian, more artistic, and for promoting greater freedom.…”

Section: The Emergence Of Chinese Online Literature As a Cultural Formmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fandom and coercive empowerment: the commissioned production of Chinese online literature

Tian

Adorjan

2016

Media, Culture & Society

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“…"male fantasy" and "female fantasy" (Hockx 2011, Guan 2017. Both subcategories are hosted by literary websites of various user sizes as well as profitable and non-profitable virtual communities (Hockx 2005, Yin 2005, Chen et al 2008, Tse and Gong 2012. Following the world"s first Chinese electronic magazine 华夏文摘 [Huaxia Wenzhai] "China News Digest" hosting early Chinese web literature attempts in 1991 (Hockx 2015: 30), there was an epoch-making publication on a local Bulletin Board System by an amateur writer pseudonymed 痞子蔡 Pizicai in 1998 (Liu 2004: 154, Chao 2012.…”

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‘Farming Writing’: An Innovative Subgenre of Internet Literature

Wang

2021

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As an innovative subgenre of Internet literature, ‘farming writing’ has attained popularity in contemporary China’s cyberspace, which, in a narrow sense, denotes narratives pertaining to agronomic theories and agrarian practices. Disparate from cliché-ridden web romances that deploy authorial ‘golden finger’ to equip protagonists with impeccable demeanour and prowess, ‘farming’ fiction is characterised by reality-oriented, detail-enriched depictions, notwithstanding its essence as ‘feel-good writing’. Furthermore, ‘farming’ works are marked by a slow pace, peaceful setting and plain theme, enabling readers to identify with characters and escape from reality. In this article, I scrutinise a ‘farming’ novel under the genre of danmei (aka Boys Love), and further posit that the popularity of ‘farming writing’ is also attributed to the Chinese ethnicity’s devotion to agriculture since time immemorial.

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“…Research on online literature in China is scarce, and the existing literature is commonly about more or less professional production (e.g. Hockx, 2004Hockx, , 2005. To fill the literature gap, I study amateur production of online literature in China in this article, which refers to uploading and updating serialized original book content by authors on literature websites.…”

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Social network market: Storytelling on a Web 2.0 original literature site

Zhao

2011

Convergence

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This article looks at a Chinese Web 2.0 original literature site, Qidian, in order to show the co-evolution of market and non-market initiatives. The analytic framework of social network markets (Potts et al., 2008) is employed to analyse the motivations of publishing original literature works online and to understand the support mechanisms of the site, which encourage readers’ willingness to pay for user-generated content. The co-existence of socio-cultural and commercial economies and their impact on the successful business model of the site are illustrated in this case. This article extends the concept of social network markets by proposing the existence of a ripple effect of social network markets through convergence between fixed and mobile internet, between traditional and internet publishing, and between publishing and other cultural industries. It also examines the side effects of social network markets, and the role of market and non-market strategies in addressing the issues.

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virtual chinese literature: a comparative case study of online poetry communities

Cited by 17 publications

References 1 publication

Fandom and coercive empowerment: the commissioned production of Chinese online literature

Fandom and coercive empowerment: the commissioned production of Chinese online literature

‘Farming Writing’: An Innovative Subgenre of Internet Literature

Social network market: Storytelling on a Web 2.0 original literature site

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