Chinese Entertainment Industry, the Case of Folk Errenzhuan

Ma, Haili

doi:10.1353/atj.2019.0004

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“…The income-generating effect of digital skills is mainly reflected in three aspects. Firstly, Internet use can enhance the marketing ability of farmers' products and increase their business income (41)(42)(43). The use of information and communication technology has promoted the specialization of crop cultivation, significantly improving the efficiency of the choice of marketing channels for farmers, helping to expand the market reach and selling price of agricultural products, and greatly enhancing the profitability of agricultural operations and non-farm operations (44)(45)(46).…”

Section: Theoretical Analysis and Research Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%

Does Internet use connect smallholder farmers to a healthy diet? Evidence from rural China

2023

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IntroductionUndernutrition and micronutrient malnutrition remain problems of significant magnitude among small-scale subsistence farmers, posing a serious threat to their health and well-being. Developing a healthy diet can effectively reduce this threat. Fortunately, the Internet can speed up the process.MethodsBased on survey data from 5,114 farm households in nine provinces in China, this study quantitatively assesses the impact of Internet use on the dietary quality of smallholder farmers using OLS regression models and PSM models.Results/Discussion(1) Internet use can significantly contribute to dietary diversity and dietary rationality among smallholder farmers, thus optimizing their dietary structure. (2) Internet use significantly increased the average consumption amounts of milk and its products (2.9 g), fruits (21.5 g), eggs (7.5 g), and vegetables (27.1 g), while also decreasing the intake of salts (1.5 g) and oil (3.8 g). (3) The pull of internet use to improve diet quality is more significant for smallholder households with lower levels of education, older heads of households, and higher household incomes. (4) A possible mechanism is that Internet use increases household income and information access skills of rural residents, thus improving their dietary quality. In summary, governments should further promote Internet penetration in rural areas for health purposes.

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Section: Theoretical Analysis and Research Hypothesismentioning

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Does Internet use connect smallholder farmers to a healthy diet? Evidence from rural China

2023

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“…10 Erasmus 1913[1509, 71; Kaiser 1963, 7;Mullini 1985, 99. 11 Warde 1913Welsford 1935, 317;Goldsmith 1955, 78. 12 For an introduction to errenzhuan and its commercial development in the 21st century, see Ma 2019. character, who, speaking in a distinct north-east dialect, was at once timid and candid, clumsy and witty, unsophisticated and insightful. Together with other peasant comedians from the north-east, Zhao not only brought national fame to the north-eastern humour, but, more importantly, brought the common sense of the north-eastern peasant to the national stage.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…12For an introduction to errenzhuan and its commercial development in the 21st century, see Ma 2019.…”

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From Court Fools to Stage Puppets: Country Bumpkins in the Skits on CCTV's Spring Festival Gala, 1983–2022

Wang¹

2022

The China Quarterly

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The satiric skits (xiaopin) on the annual Spring Festival Gala on China Central Television (CCTV) are arguably the most popular performances in the most-watched show on the most-censored television channel in China in the reform era. Through witty satire of emerging social problems, these performances help the audience to relieve anxieties accumulated in a fast-changing society. In particular, country bumpkin characters play a crucial role in providing a platform for the populace and the state to meet, contest, negotiate and compromise. However, they suddenly disappeared after Xi Jinping took power in 2012, which, examined in the context of socialist comedy, signals a new stage of China's post-socialist condition.

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“…Comprising a wide variety of speaking and singing arts, Chinese oral narrative entertainment has not only survived for more than a millennium, but possesses specific features in local dialects from various regions (Boerdahl, 2013). In particular, the frequent use of playful doggerel in hanmai lyrics shares significant commonalities with errenzhuan [the rotation of two people], the ancient telling and singing art form that still plays an important role in the entertainment of Northeast rural residents (Ma, 2019).…”

Section: The Affective and Rhetorical Denunciations In Hanmaimentioning

confidence: 99%