The "Storyless" crisis in the post -narrative era
July 05, 2024 10:18 Source: "China Social Sciences", July 5, 2024, Issue 2927, Issue 2927

Bonfire,Perhaps the best symbol of igniting the story -people tell the story around the bonfire at night。It can be seen from Byung-Chul Han,Bonfire has extinguished,Instead of digital screen。"Any form of story,Nothing can re -ignite that group to gather people together to tell each other's bonfire。"The Korean philosopher scholar said in the book" Crisis of Syrodal "he recently published,We have entered the "post -narrative era"。

The concept of the narrative crisis is not the first time to be proposed。As early as 1936,Facing the rise of popular newspapers,German philosopher Walter Benjamin made a prophecy,The artistic line of storytelling will die,Stories start to gradually retreat and become ancient,This is because of the spirit of news spread and storytelling.。After the retreat of the past century,With the changes of the media, especially the arrival of digital media,The narrative is finally forced to a dead end。

Recent,Philosophy、Literature、Research on a number of disciplines such as news communication is trying to reveal and solve this difficulties。Social Media、Digital media such as the media as the main carrier of the current people's telling and communication,Become the object of review of each discipline。There are countless colorful personal narratives on various digital media,However, it is often discovered as "gravitational","Lack of Truth Moments"。or,The seemingly lively "Story" is behind "no story"。

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Digital media constantly sources new things,Continuously emerging under the command of the algorithm,It's overwhelming。It caused a myth: the narrative crisis does not exist,New media is spawning a new narrative life。

Han Bingzhe tore this false elephant。"'Story' on the social platform 'also cannot eliminate Bet365 app download narrative vacuum。That is just a pornographic self -display or personal advertisement。Post、Consumer behavior such as like and sharing has exacerbated the crisis of narrative。"In his opinion,The information is completely different,Information reinforcement accidental experience,If you talk about the transformation of randomness into inevitable。Although social media provides a lot of accidental discourse,But as far as narrative is concerned,Lack of existing strength。

"The loss of empathy in the smartphone era is fully explained,Smartphone is not a medium of storytelling。Only from the technical configuration,Smartphone is difficult to tell stories。Click and slide the screen is not a narrative posture。Smartphones can only accelerate information communication。"Han Bingzhe's media view is inherited from Benjamin,His view of smartphones is exactly the same as Benjamin's attitude towards the public newspapers and periodicals。

Multiple studies show,Quick information flow on the digital media has not promoted effective communication and formation consensus,Instead, the viewpoint polarization。Sociology at Duke University, USA、Professor of Political Science and Public Policy Chris Bail (Chris Bail) compares social media to "Prism",It cannot be truthfully reflected in the world,Instead, it will distort users' cognition of others and self。He proposed,Even if social media can promote users to expose different perspectives,It is difficult for them to get out of the "Echo Room",Its thoughts tend to become more narrow and extreme。Professor Michael Brüggemann, a professor at the University of Hamburg, Germany and others.,The perspective on social media has brought destructive effects to the "public domain" called Habermas。

This is related to the narrative characteristics of digital media,Fragified personal "micro narrative" stripped away from the information scene,It is meaningless,There is no "halo",Only views and emotions are left。This Bet365 lotto review view and emotion are also structural,The theory of Introduction to closed、The position and interest of the solidification。Time acceleration makes digital media narratives break,The hollow of the story、Structured occurring at the same time。Such narrative is actually an anti -narrative,"Story" becomes "going to the story" or "no story",Although there are endless new things in social media and self -media,But there is no story in the narrative sense,Because this information eventually flows to the river of accidental experience。

Talking about narrative vacuum、Names such as the post -narrative era,Ruth Page, a professor of applied linguistics at the University of Birmingham University, told this reporter,As a scholar in the field of discourse analysis,The way she understands the story、How human use of technology and the question of the ending that people may ask about the ending of the story。More certainty than bringing more certainty,Page thinks,The story told on social media has a more prominent potential,That is a prompt,Promote people to ask the content of the story that may tell them critical issues。

  The traffic logic behind "No Story"

"Pure timely abrasion time,Contribute to others。"A short video audience talked about what he said when he was watching。Flow for her,No stranger,Not hidden。

Observation and interview audiences who use short videos can be found,With the magical background laughter,They laughed together,However, there are not many moments that "laughing belong to themselves"。Put down the phone,Smile disappears from the face,Those laughs seem to be washed away with the traffic。or,In the long -term viewing experience just passed,Did the audience get a real happy experience,Is doubtful。To some extent,Those laughter is just the product of the algorithm,and the traffic logic rule algorithm。

"Accelerated information exchange exceeds the control of our consciousness。More and more communication is controlled by external bet365 Play online games control。It seems to obey a automated mechanical process manipulated by algorithm,But we don’t know about it,Algorithm at all algorithms。People degenerate into data records that can be controlled and used。"Han Bingzhe noticed the control of the algorithm,He did not use the word "traffic"。According to his analysis,Now "Storytelling" on the digital platform for the purpose of "StorySelling",Selling story is essentially selling emotions,These stories are not real narrative。"Digital platforms are not described,Only stacks。"" In this case,The information is superimposed and cannot constitute a story,can only be remitted into flow。

The University of Illinois University of Illinois -Professor Dan Schiller, Professor Dan Schiller of the Department of Communication at Champagne, told reporters,Flow is not a unique product of digital media。For more than 150 years,Commercial media are pursuing traffic for advertising,From newspapers and magazines to broadcast、TV again to the Internet,Flow composition has also evolved from readers to audience to users。"The difference is that social media can calculate and monitor the accuracy of traffic,These data constitute the personal portrait of the user,Used by digital platforms for business interests。"Schiller said。

Traditional media agencies usually have a "firewall" between content production and operation,Prevent traffic impact content production。But this "firewall" does not exist for many self -media,They are both producers and operators,Individuals face traffic directly。When relying on traffic profit becomes the only driver,Traffic logic naturally becomes the underlying logic of a large number of self -media operating mechanisms。The paradox of traffic logic at the narrative level is,For the narrator,It is not important to tell the describer to give or tell the audience,What the audience wants to hear is important。The narrator uses the subjectivity bet365 live casino games to exchange for traffic,This logical paradox determines the hollow and structured story of many self -media described stories,At this time, the narrative crisis is the "storyless" crisis。

  "Truth Moment" of the Regice to narrative

"Once the constructiveness of the description is seen through,There is no inner truth moment。"Han Bingzhe refined the" micro -narrative "real defect based on constructive: lack of truth moments。He suggested people who are in the ocean of information and data,Go to find "Anchor of Syrodual"。As for where the anchor is,He did not give a clear answer。

One of the reasons for the loss of "truth moment" is time acceleration。Time accelerates the historical sense of digital media information,Make it "the moment of staying will not exceed the moment it knows"。In the time of time, it is impossible to reach the "narrative anchor",Because the anchor is still,Only deceleration can approach it。"Slow Journalism" as part of the "deceleration" should be born。The principles formulated by German media in the "Slow Media Declaration" include,Dedicated to high -quality content instead of pursuing quantity,Promote the "single -task" media practice rather than fragmented "multi -thread" media participation,Opposition to extreme pursuit of information timeliness。Digital media "Delayed Gratory", founded by traditional British media people, is regarded as "slow news" representative,Four issues per year,Only published long -story explanation reports and survey reports,Do not chase emergency news,Self -positioning is "Last Reporter of Sudden News"。

Another reason for the loss of "moment of truth" is that it is impossible to rebuild the intimate relationship between people,That is, you cannot establish the "community that tells and listen to"。American media culture researcher、Critic Neil Postman has described the information dilemma of the 20th century with the poem of the British poet Corler Ruji,"Water is everywhere,But there is no drop to quench thirst Bet365 app download "。Today people are facing another dilemma,Digital media are full of stories,But not much related to yourself。The important role played by the story in the news is that the relationship between the construction of people。American sociologist George Herbert Mead believes,The main function of the news is to create a "aesthetic experience" for the audience,Help them understand their own lives and make them from where they are、Correction of cities and classes。"Truth Moment" exists above these associations。

Since it is difficult to take time -consuming narrative practice on the digital platform,Many users start trying to leave the platform,Retrieve the right to "offline",Reject "Permanent Online,Permanent connection "。Some interviewees expressed that they would "resist the temptation",No longer waste time on empty entertainment,Stop it from the beginning,instead of regretting it after a few hours of virtuality,But repeat the same mistakes the next day。"Opening a paper book may gradually become a tiny resistance -no matter how short,Try to get rid of the continuous excessive stimulation brought by the online life。"This is the suggestion given by Tom Mole, a professor of English Literature and Book History at the University of Edinburgh,。

Professor Chang Jiang, a professor at the School of Communication of Shenzhen University, noticed,A digital minimalism (Digital Minimalism) that resist culture as a medium is rising。Digital minimalism is a refusal attitude towards the platform "data colonial" by reducing the frequency and degree of participation of digital media,and try to reconstruct the media practice of organic cultural life in the digital age to a certain extent。Changjiang is a scholar who studies digital news and digital media,It is also a practitioner of digital minimalism,I will not send a circle of friends since about 2016,Short video is "not touching" outside work。

"2015、2016,I found WeChat as a super application,bet365 live casino games The invasion of my life and work is too bad,I started losing the dominance of daily life。"Changjiang said。So,He retreats as in,Try to have a limited "digital ring",Display subjectivity from digital minimalism。

Cal Newport, a scientific research professor at the Georgetown University Digital Ethics Center, believes,On the issue of the relationship between people and digital tools,"Less" often means "more"。From fast to slow、At least how much from,Provides a possible path for the "Truth Moment" of the return narrative。

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