The phenomenon of the amalgamation of popular idols, idol fandom and online Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda has developed over the last decade. This research explores the transformation of popular idols and fandom culture under a politically constrained environment. It focuses on the key drivers of the transformation of fandom culture from an individualistic, youth-driven movement to a weapon of cyber nationalists and analyses how the Chinese party-state has appropriated idol and fandom culture to guide and control young people
With Xi Jinping's consolidation of political power in China, a personality cult has increasingly eme...
Korean popular music (K-pop) fandom may serve as a case study to identify both cynical and utopian v...
With the advancement of information and communication technologies (ICTs), social media platforms ha...
In contemporary China, the development of new media technology has promoted the change and transform...
Chinese idol fans have been identified among the main forces in cyber nationalist activisms in recen...
Chinese idol fans have been identified among the main forces in cyber nationalist activisms in recen...
As China is becoming more autocratic in recent years, the cyberworld, based on the widely popularise...
Fandom has been a popular topic in China with the rise of the Idol economy. While many of the studie...
In the wake of globalization and social media, fan culture in China has undergone huge transformatio...
In the reform era, the function of Chinese media and culture industry has changed from propaganda to...
Internet celebrities in China, usually called ‘Wang Hong’ in Chinese slang, refer to those who becom...
This study focuses on how the relationships between Chinese idol fans change in the hybrid space of ...
This research was carried out, looking at the nature and functions of OPC, based on data gathered fr...
This paper examines the diversity of China’s popular culture idols with reference to a commemorative...
This article describes how the Chinese state borrows from the culture of celebrity fandom to impleme...
With Xi Jinping's consolidation of political power in China, a personality cult has increasingly eme...
Korean popular music (K-pop) fandom may serve as a case study to identify both cynical and utopian v...
With the advancement of information and communication technologies (ICTs), social media platforms ha...
In contemporary China, the development of new media technology has promoted the change and transform...
Chinese idol fans have been identified among the main forces in cyber nationalist activisms in recen...
Chinese idol fans have been identified among the main forces in cyber nationalist activisms in recen...
As China is becoming more autocratic in recent years, the cyberworld, based on the widely popularise...
Fandom has been a popular topic in China with the rise of the Idol economy. While many of the studie...
In the wake of globalization and social media, fan culture in China has undergone huge transformatio...
In the reform era, the function of Chinese media and culture industry has changed from propaganda to...
Internet celebrities in China, usually called ‘Wang Hong’ in Chinese slang, refer to those who becom...
This study focuses on how the relationships between Chinese idol fans change in the hybrid space of ...
This research was carried out, looking at the nature and functions of OPC, based on data gathered fr...
This paper examines the diversity of China’s popular culture idols with reference to a commemorative...
This article describes how the Chinese state borrows from the culture of celebrity fandom to impleme...
With Xi Jinping's consolidation of political power in China, a personality cult has increasingly eme...
Korean popular music (K-pop) fandom may serve as a case study to identify both cynical and utopian v...
With the advancement of information and communication technologies (ICTs), social media platforms ha...