美剧《六人行》的跨文化接受研究——大学生解读《六人行》案例分析

Cross-cultural Reception of American TV Dramas: A Case Study of Chinese College Students’ Reading of Friends

本研究使用焦点小组访谈的方法,研究具体情境下,中国的大学生受众对美国情景喜剧《六人行》的具体接受和解读状况。研究发现了作为青少年群体重要组成部分的精英大学生解读异文化信息的主要特征,和具有代表性的三类解码模式。在深入探讨影响这些解码模式的社会文化因素的基础上,揭示了中国大学生对异文化信息的审美和批判能力,即国际媒介素养水平。本文是对上述研究的研究过程和研究发现的总结。

This paper reports on the findings of group interviews focusing on the Chinese college students＇ reading of an American situation comedy Friends. It is found that there are two features generalizing about the students＇ ＂interpreting activity＂ as well as three ＂decoding patterns＂ prevalent among these students. To explain how the features and patterns are developed, the author further explores the social and cultural factors which interfere with the decoding process. These findings help reveal the aesthetic and critical ability of contemporary Chinese college students, and to a certain degree, reflects the current situation of their international media literacy.