从联结走向聚合:社交媒体中介下的少数民族身份认同实践

From Connection to Cohesion:The Practice of Minority Identification under the Intermediary of Social Media

本研究针对中国最大的社交媒体平台微信,考察其中一个超过500人的少数民族微信群中的人际互动和信息传播模式,同时结合对群内20位活跃人士的访谈,探究他们如何利用社交媒体来与自身所属族群的成员展开互动交往。通过对两年时间的微信群聊天互动记录追踪分析,本研究发现微信群里面存在一种弱关系向强关系的转换,这反映在人际交往模式上,即通过一种更为紧密的联结网络,少数民族群体以社交媒体为中介得到凝聚,这种紧密联系不仅促进了民族成员之间的联系,更提升了少数民族群体的民族身份认同感。

This study focused on the largest social media in China,investigated the human interaction and information dissemination patterns in a group of minority people with more than 500 members.Combined with interviews with20 activists in the group,the study investigated how they use social media to keep in touch with members of their own ethnic group.After two years data collection,we found that there is a transformation from weak relation to strong relation in the group.This reflected that there is a transformation in the interpersonal communication model.Through the changing a closer cohesion is established based on social media,which further promotes the realization of ethnic identity of minorities.