Autodyne as subculture in Taiwanese teenagers.

• Main Authors: CHEN,WEI-FENG, 陳偉鳳
• Other Authors: Wang,Li-jung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/29552819561397054211

碩士 === 元智大學 === 資訊社會學研究所 === 93 === This research aims at the teenagers who like to take pictures by autodyne. It first defines teenage autodyne subculture from materials in the media, sums up the directions of the research and then employs the methods of qualitative analysis to explore the psychological motive and meaning of teenage autodyne experience. Apart from regarding teenage autodyne subculture as one modern youngsters’ mosaic-like new life style, the study is threefold: the teenagers’ self-identity, interpersonal relations and the peer-group identity, and the representation of image on sexuality and the modes for viewing the photographs in online photo albums, in order to understand how teenagers take part in autodyne activities, identify themselves as part of the autodyne group, and make autodyne a significant presentation and an symbol of teenage subculture. The findings are as follows. When the teenage autodyne subculture is involved in the mass media under the monitoring, without doubt, it is labeled. It is regarded as an act out of mischief, a pornographic symbol and mental illness, which discourages teenagers much. Therefore, they share their experiences and views to justify themselves. In fact, they participate in autodyne activities for the following reasons: the joy of life and immediate memory, mixing with peer group or friends, presenting self-role. In addition, autodyne contains the following important meanings: the new recreative style, expressions of feeling, making more friends, and above all, a liberalized unique space. This research contains three parts. (1) Self-identity: Teenagers who waver in the ideal I, the reality I, and the society I establish their personality by the perfect image through autodyne and others’ appraisal. It is inevitable that confusing identity and identity substitution take place. Yet, the freedom for autodyne encourages teenagers to express themselves and strengthen self-confidence. (2) Peer-group identity: The construction of subcultural symbolic value results from young people’s commun consciousness. The exchange and collection of photos promotes mutual culture and Peer-group identity . The appearance of online photo albums demonstrates the modernization of autodyne photo exchange and the phenomenon “differently striving for/with the center and simultaneously seeking common ground where differences exist” found in teenagers. (3) Image viewing and its the representation: By penetrating inspection of the representation of the autodyne image, it is discovered that teenagers still duplicate the traditional sexual stereotype. But on the other hand, they reverse the gender role by sexual make-believe game. Viewing the subjective differences makes it possible to transcend the subject and object dualism, giving rise to a multiplicity of relations.