A comparative critical analysis of official and personal social media videos on being and becoming old in China
Social Semiotics,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown, С. 1 - 24
Опубликована: Янв. 23, 2025
This
study
delves
into
ageing
as
it
is
depicted
through
social
media
videos
in
China.
Through
a
critical
analysis
of
40
short-form
videos,
compares
how
older
people
are
discursively
constructed
by
official
agents
and
individual
content
creators
to
uncover
their
underlying
ideological
interests.
Findings
show
that
tend
portray
socially
disconnected
lonely
whereas
personal
showcase
the
jovial
inspirational
aspects
growing
old.
They
also
reveal
exclusively
situated
urban
settings
while
depict
rural
relatively
modest
settings.
These
findings
reflect
reinforce
pathologisation
othering
ideologies
linked
communitarianism
governmentality
commodification
old
age
Chinese
socio-political
socio-cultural
ecosystem.
Язык: Английский
Objective socioeconomic status, subjective social status and the digital usage divide: insights from a longitudinal analysis
Chinese Journal of Communication,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown, С. 1 - 19
Опубликована: Дек. 13, 2024
This
study
focused
on
the
second-level
digital
divide
and
examined
how
objective
socioeconomic
status
(OSS)
subjective
social
(SSS)
influenced
two
usage
types–learning-
entertaining-related
Internet
use.
Using
three-wave
data
from
China
Family
Panel
Survey,
this
challenged
traditional
notion
of
a
bipolar
division
between
learning-related
use,
revealing
that
high
OSS
individuals
reported
more
engagement
in
both
types
Furthermore,
by
incorporating
perspective
into
research,
found
SSS
was
positively
related
to
while
its
relationship
with
use
nonlinear,
middle
group
reporting
highest
level.
Notably,
it
uncovered
an
interaction
predicting
where
SSS-based
gap
became
pronounced
within
group.
The
findings
were
also
supported
lagged
regression
models,
provides
countermeasure
reference
for
effectively
bridging
divide.
Язык: Английский