Reflections on"Structure of Feelings"in the Era of Digital Media
Proposed by Raymond Williams,"structure of feelings"is a unique and important theoretical concept,which has great epistemological and methodological significance in Williams'cultural theory.It also serves as an important entry point for Williams to approach contemporary cultural and social changes.Generated in the interaction of many constitutive elements of cultural practice,the"structure of feelings"bearing the hallmarks of an era is represented in the rich and vivid personal experience and various cultural texts.Since the beginning of the network society,the emerging media based on digital technology have caused great changes in culture and society,with individual perception experience being reshaped,social power relations being reconstructed and cultural production being penetrated by a new technological logic,and thus the unique"structure of feelings"develops in the digital age.Through digital media,people carry out cultural practice,observe individual emotions and form common experience.Therefore,to discuss the"structure of feelings"in the digital age,the core focus is on people in the new media culture,as well as their practice,emotions and common experience in the new culture and technology environment.
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