From Cyber-Nationalism to Fandom Nationalism: The Case of Diba Expedition In China

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1 Performing cyber-nationalism in twenty-first-century China: The case of Diba Expedition
	Self-performance
	Disenchantment and re-enchantment
	The style of performance
	Cultural skills and cyber-nationalism
	The political opportunities of cyber-nationalism
	Discourses of empire
	References
2 Understanding Chinese nationalism: A historical perspective
	Introduction
	Historicizing nationalism in China
	Rising nationalism in reform-era China
	Consumer nationalism
	Contentious identity issue in Taiwan
	Online nationalism and Diba Expedition
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Chinese references
3 From Fans to “Little Pink”: The production and mobilization mechanism of national identity...
	Introduction
	Methods and research questions
	The rehistoricization of Chinese Internet nationalism
		Internet-driven people’s nationalism: The first wave (1998–2005)
		Patriots as “informed public” and “game players”: The second wave (2008–2010)
	The fan-led expedition: Third wave of internet nationalism
	Concluding discussion: How did new media commercial subjects become politicized?
	Notes
	References
4 “We are all Diba members tonight”: Cyber-nationalism as emotional and playful actions online
	Introduction
	Literature review
		The evolution of cyber-nationalism
		The agents of cyber-nationalism
		Research method
	Research results
		The time pattern of “Diba Expedition”
		Positive emotional comments
		Game-like strategy of the expedition
	Contextual structure behind “Diba Expedition”
	Structure of feelings and feeling structuralization
	Acknowledgments
	References
5 Memetic communication and consensus mobilization in the cyber nationalist movement
	Introduction
	Literature review and research methods
		Meme: A new type of political participation and mobilization
		Cyber-nationalism and consensus movement: Strategies and consequences
		Case selection and research methods
	The production and metaphor of memes and the formation of consensus in “Diba Expedition”
		The form, content, and structure elements of memes
		The type and metaphor of meme
		Process of organized production and resource mobilization of memes
	The formation of strategy adjustment and persuasive communication in “Diba Expedition”
		Countermemes and image macros with watermark
		The formation of strong memes
		Classification and “communication-oriented memes”
	Conclusion and reflection
	Notes
	References
6 Collective action as interaction ritual in cyberspace
	Introduction
	Theoretical framework and concept definition
	Identity consciousness of collective action
		Self-identity consciousness
			First, the identity of online expeditioners of the online community Diba
			Second, the national identity consciousness
		Social identity establishment
			First is the post-’90s generation.
			Second is the patriotic youth
		Dynamic mechanism of collective behaviors
			Group assembly in cyberspace and emergence of collective effervescence
			Production of symbolic solidity of crowds
			Exchange of emotional energy and moral imagination
	Discourse logic of the collective action
		Conquering, lecturing, and communicating: Three major discourse patterns
		Repetitive discourse strategy
		Metaphors of “Wall”: Discourse paradox of the Expedition
	Conclusion
	References
7 Contested visual activism: Cyber-nationalism in China from a visual communication perspective
	Introduction
	Literature review
		Cyber-nationalism from the perspective of multiple contesting subjects
		The visual imagination of nationalism
	Methodology
		Traditional model of visual nationalism: Image-driven nationalism
	A new model of visual nationalism: Contested visual activism among multiple subjects
		Pluralism in image-contesting narrative subjects
			Multiple public subjects
			Multiple authority subjects
		Pluralism in the image-contesting narrative strategies
			Negotiation
			Incorporation
			Appropriation
			Resistance
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
8 Love your nation the way you love an idol: New media and the emergence of fandom nationalism
	Introduction
	Communication technologies and nationalism
		Nationalism and cyber-nationalism
		Communication technologies and nationalism
	New media and nationalistic expression
		New media and the formation of Diba’s style of expression
		Floating ambiguity and gameplay
	Mobilization, organization, and implementation through new media
	New media and the emergence of fandom nationalism
		Disappearing boundary and domestication
		The emergence of fandom nationalism
	Discussion: The rebellious obedience
	References
Index