中国中产阶级:自在抑或自为?——基于公共事件中社会化媒介的话语分析

China's Middle Class: For Itself or by Itself?:A Case Study on the Social Media Report of Middle Class in Public Event

当代中国中产阶级,其隐含的特征,首先是与广告话语中的符号性消费所倡导的价值理念和生活方式关联在一起的,其次则与"中产阶级"本身较为模糊的自我建构和社会建构有关。当新的信息技术改变了原有的信息传播生态、并将制度性的壁垒搁置在技术门槛上时,借助媒介技术与社会情绪捍卫个体的自我权利,成为普通民众的一种潜在诉求。随着弱势群体意识在媒介话语中的疲软,以中产阶级名义进行的个体权利维护的媒介实践成为一种较为普遍的网络行为。本文通过对公共事件中媒介对中产阶级报道的分析,指出,中国中产阶级正在形成一种初步的阶级意识,也正在从自在阶级向自为阶级转变。

In contemporary China, firstly the concept of middle class is advocated in the advertising discourse and symbolic consumption values, secondly it is constructed by itself and society,with the advent of new media technology, in the name of the middle class, the citizens on Internet maintaining the individual rights through the media practice have been becoming a more common network behavior. Through the analysis of the report of the middle class in the public security incident, this paper points out that the middle class in China is forming a preliminary class consciousness.