Identification by Antithesis and Oppositional Discourse Reproduction in Chinese Space of New Media

作     者：Long Chen 

作者机构：Soochow University 

出 版 物：《Language and Semiotic Studies》 (语言与符号学研究（英文）)

年 卷 期：2017年第3卷第4期

页      面：79-87页

学科分类：0501[文学-中国语言文学] 0303[法学-社会学] 050102[文学-语言学及应用语言学] 03[法学] 030303[法学-人类学] 05[文学] 

主　　题：identification by antithesis new media oppositional discourse reproduction 

摘      要：In the space of new media, all sorts of new media events which imply oppositional moods are written, presented repeatedly, and therefore form oppositional discourse. Strangers are able to come together as netizens due to their identification by antithesis, and construct an imagined community which allows them to unite closely and speak in one voice. Based on their imagined community, netizens are able to co-construct discourse presentation. This article argues that the critical step in reproduction of oppositional discourse is the providing of scripts. In order to enhance the tension of oppositional discourse, the events representation needs to be processed with overstating, such as making a scary story. The scripts of new media events are usually written according to a preset imaginative chain of good people-bad people under the influence of identification by antithesis.