Making Comments In An Online Expression/performance Space

To understand the online news comment as a network platform and its users can not be separated from the specific space of cyberspace or bypass the interaction among cyberspace,media organization and Internet users.In many online news comment platforms,NetEase Comment is one of the best.In this paper,Spectacle/Performance Paradigm is the core theoretical framework.On the basis of collecting and analysing those classic comment texts,the paper studies NetEase Comment with in-depth interviews and the study of a high profile case in which a man was given a life sentence for killing a debt collector who sexually assaulted his mother.The study emphasizes that the long-term interaction between media organizations and netizens creates the commentary space.This paper intends to reveal how Internet users interact with NetEase,how they create commentary space diachronically and routinely,and how the practice of express/perform is carried out in the space.The research found that,on the one hand,NetEase Comment space is inseparable from the production of creative content of Internet users.Through comments,the public can participate in public discussion,"silent majority" can express their feelings,express their views and opinions here.At the same time,NetEase Comment also provide people with a unique"performance stage." Here,whether the onlookers that "only watch comments but do not comment",or the performers that "watch comments and also comment" are both involved in the interactive cycle of "Spectacle/Performance Paradigm",and their identity can be constructed or reconstructed.On the other hand,as a media organization,NetEase plays a role in the construction of the formation of Netease Comment space.Netease establishes a system foundation.In the continuous interaction between media organizations and Internet users,NetEase Comment space is able to be generated and reproduced.