When Weibo, personal podcasts, and comments on mainstream websites not only pervade the entire virtual space, but also fill our lives more realistically; when all the spectators swarm up, constantly adjust their eyes, expressions, mentality, and even pay attention to their mysterious desires When there is a hot spot, when the hot spot spontaneously arises and explodes, it becomes the focus of private chats and heated discussions among friends. The entire media system, or in other words, people's living space and time has undergone a qualitative change.
At this time, a crazy and low-probability event is enough to excavate, ridicule, and amplify the entire system, and it is undoubtedly the emotions of the people that mobilize the nervous center of the entire system. Since emotion is a special expression of synaesthesia, it is very tempting and infectious, and the virtual code cannot understand or control such ancient biological intentions. Think of some famous speeches, the Woodstock festival, the Wall Street parade. It is the crowd that conveys emotions and intensifies their opinions, and social networks and new media play a role in fueling the flames. The spread has become so easy that it has even turned into a false ceremony. For example, a tent gathering in a square in Spain is considered performance art.
I rewatched the first episode of "Black Mirror" yesterday and couldn't help but complain, the Britons have really strange heads. This episode is about an absurd, bizarre, never-before-seen emergency that doesn't conform to the Prime Minister's Reference Guide to Behaviour at all. . A kidnapper kidnaps a marquis princess who has a high appearance rate and is enthusiastic about public welfare. Interestingly, the Prime Minister's first reaction was to wonder if this was a request for relief of third world bonds, extremist terrorist activities, etc. Perhaps these are the thorny issues that keep No. 10 Downing Street thinking day and night. After covering up, the Prime Minister finally learned the truth. The kidnappers directly asked the Prime Minister to "live the OOXX process with a pig nationwide before four o'clock in the afternoon. If there is any infiltration of fakes and failure to meet the requirements, the princess will be torn apart."
At this point, the video has already been spread through Youtube, not to mention how the kidnappers kidnapped the princess, after all, the background explains the high IQ of the kidnappers (Turner Award winner). After watching the "Declaration" video, the poor Prime Minister turned blue and broke into a cold sweat. The people's reactions were mixed, with curiosity, play-watching mentality, and pity, but rational emotions prevailed, sympathizing with the princess and the Prime Minister. Save the think tank meeting, brainless rescue, and substitute meat sales in the middle. The turning point of the matter appeared after another video sent by the kidnappers, a finger wearing a princess ring was shown to people by the TV station, and it was obvious that the message this time was "Dude, be serious, this is true! "It seems that the kidnappers made up their minds, and the people seemed to have mixed feelings. People in front of the camera began to show urgent and excited expressions, and the "reply" and "approval" on the Internet made some mainstream views directly transformed into Most of the public opinion has been pushed to the forefront, which is obviously beyond the scope of the TV station's investigation of "Yes or No".
Because the truth pervading the air cannot be ignored, the public media here assumes the role of in-depth investigation and derivatives of surrounding products. Through the dark line with government departments, on the one hand, they visit the bottom line of the people and adjust their emotions; on the other hand, they give the government face. , put a part of the manifesto into a mosaic, and eager to peep at the "truth" that the official will cover up, trying to play a rational and anti-emotional role. In this way, newspapers and magazines about "the historical role of pigs", "princess's obituary", and "please make fun of experts" are all within the scope of consideration. The enthusiasm of the public, the helplessness of the official, and the curiosity of the media, one after another, one slack and one mingling, and with the passage of time, they have followed suit, with dramatic effects.
Next, it seemed that things were developing in the direction that the people were eager and heart-warming. The Prime Minister walked to the live broadcast room with tears in his eyes and completed the whole process according to the request of the kidnappers. The whole country has become the "friends of the audience in front of the TV." People have changed from cheering, contempt, schadenfreude, to sadness and solemnity, and they can't bear to witness it. However, no one predicted that the kidnapper was a lunatic artist, his fingers belonged to him, and the princess had been released in the crowded city half an hour before the live broadcast.
In the whole incident, the main thing is the emotions of the people, the second is the emotions of the lunatics, the emotions of the prime minister are ignored and most entangled, and the emotions of the prime minister's wife are ignored. The media's fueling, the public's emotional gathering, and the government's clumsy response are the incentives that dominate the development of the event. The princess and kidnapping are secondary, the prime minister and the pig are the key, the madman shows this process, this scene in front of everyone, as he expected, he affects the emotional ups and downs of the public, everyone is a participant in his manifesto . He succeeded, satisfied, and hanged himself, which he called "the first work of art of the century."
Auden bluntly stated that "poetry doesn't make anything happen... they're just a way of happening to reality, another outlet". I want to distort the meaning of this sentence. Our emotions make reality happen and ferment through the medium. Where is his exit, we know no more than a poor pig.
2012.04.26
julian.bunny
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