Pierre Bourdieu’s Standpoint on Media Culture and the Consumptive Liability of Contemporary Mass Media in China

Ai-jun SHEN

Abstract


Pierre Bourdieu was a famous contemporary thinker, sociologist and culture theory critic in France. His contribution not only embodies on providing a serial of social concepts, his comment and analysis on media culture, and the much broader way that he brought to culture study were also expensively valuable .What is more, it can also be used for reference in interpreting the changing process of the mass media culture in China.
This thesis is composed of three parts. First, it aims to traces and analyses Bourdieu’s unique understanding and strategic point to media culture, and try to make it clear which part does contributions to the study of media culture ; Secondly, it goes on using the macro-thought way and several main concepts Bourdieu provided in studying media culture in China which is rounded by consumptive thoughts. During this process, we can see how the mass media changes and turns its meanings , and how it affects the receiver’s thoughts and the structure the society.
In the last part, we aknowledged that Bourdieu`s theory indeed provided a unique visual angle for us in studying culture phenomenon. However, we should also notice that Bourdieu`s theory had his own shortages,and we should think it farther.
Keywords: Bourdieu, consumptive, mass media
Résumé Pierre Bourdieu est un penseur contemporain célèbre, sociologue et critique théorique culturel en France. Sa contribution consiste non seulement à offrir une série de concepts sociaux, mais son commentaire et analyse sur la culture de médias, et la voie élargie qu’il a frayé pour l’étude de la culture sont aussi précieux. En outre, il peut encore servir de référence pour interpréter le processus de changement de la culture de mass médias en Chine.
Cet essai est composé de trois parties. D’abord, il vise à décrire et analyser la compréhension unique et la vue stragétique de Bourdieu sur la culture de médias. , et à éclaircir quelle partie contribue à l’étude de la culture de médias. Deuxièment, il continue à utiliser le mode de pensée macroscopique et plusieurs concepts principaux que Bourdieu a avancé dans l’étude de la culture de médias de la Chine qui est entourée par des pensées consomptives. Dans ce processus, on peut voir comment les mass médias changent leur sens et comment ils influent la pensée du récepteur et la structure sociale.
Dans la dernière partie, on admet que la théorie de Bourdieu nous a en effet fourni un angle visuel unique pour l’étude du phénomène culturel. Cependant, on doit noter qu’il existe aussi des inconvénients dans sa théorie, donc on doit réfléchir plus loin.
Mots-clés : Bourdieu, consomptif, mass médias
摘 要 布迪厄( Pierre Bourdieu,1930-2002)是當代法國著名的思想家、社會學家和文化理論批評家。他的貢獻不僅在於提出了一系列嶄新的社會學理論概念,其對於媒介文化入木三分的評析,以及以社會學的宏觀視野來觀照大眾媒介的社會生存狀態的方法,對研究我國當前社會轉型中的大眾媒介文化現象都有著深刻的借鑒意義。
本文主要分為三大部分。首先,從梳理和透析布迪厄相關社會學概念及其媒介文化觀入手,理清其理論對媒介文化研究的貢獻;其次,以之作為一種分析和反思的手段,借鑒其理論概念和社會學的文化研究方式,考察當代中國大眾媒介文化在消費主義語境中的歷史嬗變、意義變遷,探究消費化的大眾媒介在受眾社會心理形成以及社會階層變遷中的獨特影響。最後,在肯定布迪厄的媒介文化觀為我們理解和闡釋當代社會文化現象提供了獨特理論視角的同時 ,也指出其中一些理論缺憾,進而引發人們對媒介和社會消費現狀的深層思 考。
關鍵詞:布迪厄;消費化;大眾媒介

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/j.ccc.1923670020060203.009

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