Following the increasing interaction between China's Mainland and Taiwan,Taiwan's idol drama,may be seen as a way of cultural exchange,is very famous in the Chinese community.Not only the dramas become the hot...Following the increasing interaction between China's Mainland and Taiwan,Taiwan's idol drama,may be seen as a way of cultural exchange,is very famous in the Chinese community.Not only the dramas become the hot topic among audience,but the idols and the leading characters are popular.Meanwhile,the popularity of Taiwan's idol drama has stimulated the formation of fans or fandom in China's Mainland.Moreover,as the development of technology many practices or discussions of fans have been moved online.This paper explores the computer-mediated fan group:Summer's Desire Club in Baidu's tieba,one of the most popular fans communities in China's Mainland by using the Ethnography method.Through observing the practices of members(or fans) in this group to discover what practices appear in the computer-mediated communication of Taiwan's idol drama viewing in China's Mainland and why do fans do these practices.展开更多
文摘Following the increasing interaction between China's Mainland and Taiwan,Taiwan's idol drama,may be seen as a way of cultural exchange,is very famous in the Chinese community.Not only the dramas become the hot topic among audience,but the idols and the leading characters are popular.Meanwhile,the popularity of Taiwan's idol drama has stimulated the formation of fans or fandom in China's Mainland.Moreover,as the development of technology many practices or discussions of fans have been moved online.This paper explores the computer-mediated fan group:Summer's Desire Club in Baidu's tieba,one of the most popular fans communities in China's Mainland by using the Ethnography method.Through observing the practices of members(or fans) in this group to discover what practices appear in the computer-mediated communication of Taiwan's idol drama viewing in China's Mainland and why do fans do these practices.
