Research On Online Support Of Idol Star Fan Community From The Perspective Of Interactive Ritual Chain

In recent years,with the prosperity of the entertainment industry and the spread of Japanese and Korean idol culture,the culture of fan support has flourished in China.With the development of Internet technology,the media and entertainment industry is dependent on the Internet gradually,and the closely related fan culture has also developed a new form,which called online support.This dissertation takes the online support of idol star fans community as the research object and use the interactive ritual chain theory to analyze the online support of fans.The first chapter of this dissertation is the introduction,from the research background and significance explains the reasons of the topic.At the same time,the research problems and research methods of this dissertation are clarified,the previous research is sorted out and the important concepts involved in this dissertation are defined.The second chapter focuses on the description,taking the online support activities of the idol and star fans community as the case,and makes a detailed analysis of the online support activities of the fans.It analyzes the background,the object of the support and the specific types of the support,so that readers can have a more intuitive and comprehensive understanding of the online support.The third part of the dissertation proves that the online supports conform to the interaction ritual chain,so that it is an interaction ritual,and the ritual has a positive effect on the organization and maintenance of the fan community.The fourth chapter focuses on the value dispute of online supports from the perspective of the development of ritual and the struggle against ritual.In the form of community norms and fighting tools,the online support has created its ritual value,and has been widely recognized by the society in the form of fans’ voluntary action.However,when online supports break down the boundaries of ritual between groups,it will cause the public reject or even anti-ritual activities.The controversy surrounding the value of online supports boils down to the issue of ritual boundaries.Finally,in the fifth chapter,the positive and negative effects brought by the online support of fans are summarized,and the corresponding guidance strategies are given.A good fan support culture not only needs the efforts of fans,but also needs the correct guidance of the entertainment industry and the network platform and the supervision of relevant departments.Nowadays,the influence of fans group is constantly expanding,and fan culture is no longer just all products within fans,but also has certain influence on the culture of the whole society.In particular,the online support of fans has reshaped the communication ecology of the Internet.The author hopes that the research on fans’ online support will be beneficial to the creation of a good fan support ecology and contribute to the fan culture research to a certain extent.