I eat fried chicken in people's square, my parents are on a blind date for me in people's square

In 2005, a group of parents' spontaneously organized a blind date has become an important label of the Shanghai People's Square today. Whenever we have a holiday, this space in the People's Park is always bustling, full of parents who come to the blind date for their children.

Doctor of Sociology Sun Peidong referred to this emerging maternal selection mode that the parents replaced their children in the corner of the blind date as "white -haired blind date".

In field observations, there are various forms of communication practice in the corner of the blind date. First of all, a blind date itself is a social communication activity. Secondly, with the development of new media technology, the use of mobile phones in the corner of the blind date is very common, and it has a subtle impact on blind dates.

In addition, in the long years, the blind date corner has become a symbol. In the interaction with the media, its significance has been continuously interpreted and re -interpreted.

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As a blind date, its media significance is mainly manifested in three aspects.

First of all, its most essential function is the medium that both men and women communicated during the blind date: Second, the blind date corner is also the media of the parents of the blind date to develop social interaction: Finally, the blind date also carries rich Shanghai urban culture, which is the spread of Shanghai culture. medium.

Blind date

In traditional Chinese culture, the problem of mate selection and marriage pointed by blind dates has always been the focus of people's attention. The extension of the blind date involves a number of disciplines such as sociology, psychology, and economics.

From the perspective of communication science, the indispensable information of the information between the two parties in the process of blindness and the interaction between people and people are the process of spreading. Therefore, in this sense, the parenting of the People's Park carries rich communication practice. In the corner of the blind date, the parents who came to the child who came to the child would print the child's gender, age, education, occupation, income, real estate, household registration, and mate selection requirements, and place them on the ground. And, from time to time, they invited people who stopped reading information from time to time: "Do you want to talk about it?"

Another scene everywhere in the corner of the blind date is the parents who stand together and discuss together. They introduced their children and family situations to each other. At the same time, they can understand each other's personality, temper, and family environment by talking, so as to further screen the potential blind date objects.

During the process of meeting other parents, I can roughly understand whether the other parents and we are co -produced after communicating. Sometimes the child is very good, education, work, and appearance, but if the other parents' talks are not very matched with us, it is not very suitable.

Interviewee (male, 51 years old, Shanghai)

It can be seen that during the blind date, the blind date corner is actually a space full of information exchange and social interaction, and it is an important medium connecting both men and women.

Space of parents' social interaction

During the interview, young respondents generally doubted the "blind date efficiency" of blind dates. They believe that "the success rate of the blind date should not be high", and the blind date is "incomprehensible."

In fact, parents who are blind dates in a blind date also realize this.

Anyway, I retire, and I will come and see if I have nothing to do at home. If you can succeed, it is best.

Interviewee (female, 58 years old, Shanghai from Shanghai)

Sun Peidong's research pointed out that in addition to the obvious function of blind dates, the blind date corner also has a series of potential functions. For example, it is also "a new way for the social interaction and emotional exchanges of the educated youth generation parents" and "the new platform for daily life information".

She describes the activities of the parents of the blind date from Shanghai to the People's Park every week as a "short -distance travel". In the corner of the blind date, "they not only understand all aspects of information related to mate selection, but also exchange daily life information , Even found like -minded friends ", this social interaction has made these" "sympathy of the same disease" alleviating their inner anxiety and helplessness by complaining to a certain extent. "

A blind date is not only a blind date, but also a space for parents to start social interaction. At this level, the significance of the blind date as a medium appears again.

Urban landscape space

As mentioned earlier, the blind date corner has become an important label of the People's Square. In fact, the blind date is not only the label of the People's Square, but also has important significance for the city of Shanghai.

Gelz proposes the concept of "local knowledge" to refer to the logic and cognitive means of thinking and cultural interpretation of localized cultural understanding and cultural interpretation.

In the corner of the blind date, it contains rich local knowledge. In the marriage notice written by "white -haired blind date" for children, "Old Shanghai", "Huangpu", "Jing'an", "Inner Ring" and other expressions with local characteristics are frequent. It appeared, whether it itself or behind it, it was very local.

At the same time, the "white -haired blind date" has a long -term blind date practice in the corner of the blind date. It has also constructed a whole set of marriage knowledge systems including household registration, occupation, real estate, colorful ceremony, and zodiac signs.

In addition, some conversations in the corner of the blind date are also full of local characteristics of Shanghai. For example, some people "disliked" a young man who came to work in Shanghai in a chat: "What is the use of six suits in your hometown? You can't buy it in a loft in Shanghai"; others have learned that the other party is Beijing. Said: "Beijing people are still available, Beijing is the capital. However, we are more culturally culturally in Shanghai. Shanghai is a cultural center." Also, the marriage intermediaries in the corner of the blind date are mainly Shanghai. On the billboards, they all call themselves "Aunt X" and "× Teacher", which is very commensurate with the characters who are "willing to manage idle things" and "willing to help others" in Shanghai local dialects. The local knowledge behind these titles has given these marriage agencies and labels with "enthusiastic", "reliable" and "professional".

A blind date is not only the medium of blind dates, but also the medium of social interaction for parents, but also a medium to characterize and spread urban culture. In fact, on the public comment and B station, many netizens think that the blind date is a city attraction with local characteristics of Shanghai. For example, the netizen B of station B uploaded a video on the title of "A idle humans" on the title of "UP Master Package Shanghai Non -famous Scenic Spots One by one".

I went to the corner of the blind date mainly to see it. But after that, I was really unexpected and felt that everything was. Give me a very eye -opening feeling, and I have more understanding of the Shanghai people.

Interviewee (male, 22 years old, Shaanxi)

It can be seen that a multi -dimensional communication can be communicated with a multi -dimensional communication practice with a multi -dimensional communication practice with a multi -dimensional communication practice with a social interaction of real space, the cultural representation of physical space, the physical space embedded person of the media technology, and the space construction of multiple media.

Specifically, this kind of communication is mainly based on three levels:

At the micro level, the blind date has communicated with the parents and parents of both parties, and gradually became a symbol of the phenomenon of contemporary special marriage in the space practice of the "white -haired blind date";

At the mid -view level, a blind date has become a symbol of the contradiction caused by the contradiction caused by different marriage concepts that represent the problem of contemporary urban youth marriage issues and the two generations. The media created for the interpretation and re -explanation of this symbol to a certain extent. I have more opportunities to express themselves and achieve reconciliation;

At the macro level, a blind date has become an important representation of the city of People's Square and even Shanghai, and has the role of prominent communication between people and cities.

This article is excerpted from "The Research on Shanghai People's Square in the Perspective of Communication" from the perspective of communication.

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"Space can communicate:

Shanghai People's Square Research in the Perspective of Communication ""

Zhong Yi

ISBN: 9787309161199

Fudan University press

Publishing time: February 2022

brief introduction

This book is based on the vision of constructing a city -available city. The concept of communication can be used as the entry point to analyze the impact and shape of the transformation of space and the development of media technology on the spread of the media of Shanghai. With the dissemination of Shanghai People's Square under multiple waves of media technology revolution, it taps the theoretical relationship between urban space, communication practice, and media technology. On this basis, explore the meaning and mechanism of urban space in constructing cities to build a city, and provide thinking for promoting the development of contemporary Chinese cities.

About the Author

Zhong Yi, a lecturer at the School of Journalism and Communication of Shanghai University, graduated from the School of Journalism of Fudan University and obtained a doctorate degree in literature. Published a number of papers in the Chinese core journal, presiding one subject of the Ministry of Education, and the main research direction is urban communication and new media research.

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