The formation of pop music circle is closely related to the star-making mechanism of talent show.This paper goes beyond the traditional audience research perspective,takes the music talent show"One Million Star"as a typical case,and uses the research methods of critical discourse a-nalysis and online ethnography to investigate the young contestants,fame i-magination and labor practice in the process.It is found that under the joint influence of social factors such as media,programs and industries,such music talent shows are popular among young people.In the process of realizing the imagination of fame,young contestants experience the changes of roles,men-tality and actions,and then show three forms of labor practice.Through the soft labor of"mentoring",they create an exclusive"starlight"community and participate in this star-making game as"players".The research further points out that the music talent show in the Internet age is essentially a gam-ing contest among capital accumulation,Internet traffic and topic popularity.
关键词
流行音乐/选秀节目/造星游戏/偶像/数字劳动
Key words
Pop Music/Talent Show/Star Making Game/Idol/Digital Iabor