Identity Construction of “Little Town Problem-Solvers” in Chinese Online Social Media Discourse
Examined identity construction around "little town problem-solvers" in Chinese social media discourse, spanning Douban/Weibo posts and related media narratives.
Examined identity construction around “little town problem-solvers” in Chinese social media discourse, spanning Douban/Weibo posts and related media narratives.
Highlights
- Built a social-media corpus and conducted Python-based text analytics and sentiment modeling (SnowNLP), complemented with semi-structured interviews for triangulation.
- Identified recurring linguistic patterns of boundary-making, social comparison, and stigmatization.
- Showed platform dynamics and exam-centered evaluation amplify anxiety and negative self-perception.
Metadata
- Context: Independent Project
- Role: Project Lead and First Author
- Timeline: Feb 2024 - Jun 2024