Meng, Bingchun 
ORCID: 0000-0003-4895-4172
(2009)
Who needs democracy if we can pick our favorite girl?: Super Girl as media spectacle.
Chinese Journal of Communication, 2 (3).
pp. 257-272.
ISSN 1754-4750
Abstract
This article examines the 2005 Super Girl phenomenon in China through the lens of media spectacle. I first review some general debate on reality TV and introduce the perspective of media spectacle for analyzing the specific Super Girl case in the Chinese context. I then look at strategies employed for making Super Girl into a media spectacle and how the spectacle mediates between the state, the market, media institutions, and spectators. The production, participation, and interpretation of this spectacle worked together to maintain a series of myths, which reinforce and naturalize the existing power structure rather than challenging the status quo.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/rcjc |
| Additional Information: | © 2011 Taylor & Francis |
| Divisions: | Media and Communications |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DS Asia H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1990 Broadcasting |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jul 2011 10:24 |
| Last Modified: | 09 May 2025 14:35 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/36989 |
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