After the interview article "The Frightened Pang Mailang" in "People" magazine hit the screen, it caused a lot of discussion. This is a slightly mild statement. In fact, it should have caused a lot of criticism and abuse. From the perspective of journalistic ethics and journalism ethics, if the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) professional ethics code is used as a standard, this feature article violates almost all standards, such as: "For those who may be negatively affected by news reports, Empathize with those affected. Use special caution when dealing with children and inexperienced news sources or news subjects. “Avoid making comments about race, gender, age, religion, ethnicity, geography, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, or society. Status creates stereotypes. "Show good taste and avoid catering to sensationalism."
"His hair is greasy and he stands hunched over at a street intersection in Putuo District, Shanghai, looking shy. "I want to hide myself", "As soon as I opened the door, there was a big smell of rotten food and damp sheets." "The sheets at the foot of the bed were stained with hardened, transparent skin flakes, nails, broken hair and peanut skins." "He brought a bag of raw peanuts for the reporter to eat, then went straight to the bathroom. He squatted on the toilet through the translucent glass door and said, "If I want to be on the cover, I must be at the front, and I must be in the front when taking pictures. "I'm handsome, don't play tricks on me." He asked to take a photo for the cover wearing a floral shirt worth more than 100 yuan, which he bought at a night market. Splash scattered in the air. He stood up and flushed, causing the toilet to shake violently. ”
But I don’t want to judge the moral issues of this special article. As critic Sun Xuyang said, the ethical standards of the Chinese media industry are vague and diverse, and various debates are not reduced to moral quarrels. It is an excerpting competition transformed into famous quotes. Whether you are familiar with the textbooks from Renmin University of China or the Missouri School of Journalism, it is an impossible task for you to convince your opponent.
Whale Book. Being able to write such a manuscript during my junior year of college while interning at People Magazine, with complete interview preparations, delicate and cold writing, precise and appropriate, and rich in details, completely created the image of a grassroots singer who became famous and then ran away. It can be said that he has a high starting point.
But perhaps it was Pang Mailang’s popularity that made people very curious about his daily life, or it was limited by the type of magazine. This article only conducted an extremely detailed account of Pang Mailang’s two days. Bai Ma, there are some potentially more valuable points that have not been explored in depth. For example, why did so many grassroots singers choose Pang Mailang? What is the star-making business model of Wasu Media Company? Pang Mailang's departure and Pang Mailang's always showing fear? What is the reason?
From 2014 to early 2015, the 4G market experienced avalanche growth, the WeChat public account platform took shape, and the popularity of mobile Internet exacerbated the decline of traditional media, and the traffic economy of the Internet will inevitably not be biased. Rigorous and boring reporting. So there is no need to question the review of People magazine. The popularity of this article only appeared on my own Weibo subscription.
December 19, 2014. , "Audio and Video" published an article "Vulgar Entertainment and Public Appreciation of Ugliness - Also Talking about the Social Responsibility of the Media". The article pointed out that Internet communication enables everyone to communicate to everyone, and netizens' herd mentality can also be said to be an escape from reality. Sexual compensation promotes vulgarity and ugliness. "Ugliness culture" has become a cultural phenomenon. Pang Mailang and his "My Skateboard Shoes" (in 2015, the song was named "Top 20 of 2014" in the first independent music review. "Golden Song"), including "Gangnam Style" and "Little Apple" from the same period, can be regarded as popular works under the ugly culture. In the comment area of ??the song Skateboard Shoes of NetEase Cloud Music, someone commented like this: "You really understand Skateboard shoes? This skateboard shoe is a symbol of many people's childhood dreams and the journey to pursue their dreams. The simple voice is nice and unpretentious. The voice of a migrant worker sounds funny at first glance, but it feels different when you listen to it again.
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From this we can also pay attention to another issue. When a song, an article, a photograph, or a work of art enters the public eye, is their creator the original author himself? Who’s judging? The 2018 Emerging Photography Award went to “Weightlessness,” a very poor but topical work, precisely because, with the help of vague explanations, these works became whimsical, No matter what their ideology or ideological tendency is, they can find a self-consistent thread in these images. The sense of absurdity
But now, the density of reality’s sense of absurdity and anxiety has further increased