Digital Nostalgia:Media Production of Collective Memory of Z Generation Factory Children
Factory communities refer to living environments established to support industrial production.With the progression of market economy reforms,many"Three-Line Construction"factories have undergone policies of closure,suspension,merger,transformation,or relocation.For the children who were born and raised in these factory areas,the factory has become a"hometown"they can no longer return to,preserved only in memory.Unlike the"nostalgia"experienced by rural-to-urban migrants,"factory nostalgia"is a unique issue of its time.Through oral history collection and field investigations,this study reveals that media nostalgia has become a digital means of self-identification and community reconstruction for a new generation of factory children.As digital natives,Generation Z factory children use the internet as a medium for memory,transforming the mechanisms of collective memory and expanding the scope of memory studies.A key insight is the paradox inherent in"media nostalgia"-a longing for a once collective community born out of an individualized,media-saturated lifestyle.This paradox not only reflects the structural contradictions of societal transformation but also underscores the virtuality and uncertainty of media itself.
Three-Line ConstructionFactory Community ChildrenCollective MemoryMedia NostalgiaGeneration ZMediatization
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