Creating"Places of the Imagination":Media Gaze,Place Imagination and Meaning Production in Internet Celebrity Travel Destinations
Media travel has been deeply embedded in our overall life experience,and the integrated develop-ment of culture and tourism is the general trend.Taking the Tv series Meet Yourself as an example,this paper introduces the concept of"Places of the Imagination",and reveals how multiple subjects present,imag-ine and shape the"reality","symbolism"and"functionality"of Dali.We find that the"place of the imagina-tion"is a physical place where tradition and modernity meet.It is also a narrative place where vision and sto-ries are integrated.It is an imaginative reconstruction of an ideal village,reflecting the ordinary self.More importantly,it tries to dispel society's accelerated structure,heals the anxious status,and attracts the public from online gazing to local travel.In the cyclical process of jointly creating the"Places of the Imagination",what the public stares at is its"reality",and what the collective imagination after the narrative transportation is its"symbolism",both of which ultimately serve to achieve"functionality".The"Places of the Imagina-tion"strengthens the image of Dali's"spiritual utopia"through stories and imagination.It is filled with the power to resist the accelerating society and reshape the hope and resilience of the youth group.It also depicts a beautiful blueprint for rural revitalization and integrated development of culture and tourism.
Places of the Imaginationmedia gazenarrative transportationfunctionalitymeaning production
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