Social Network and Place: The Inheritance and Development of Beijing Crosstalk Performing Art
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Spatial Distribution of Performing Arts
2.1. Natural Geographical Environment
2.2. Language Environment
2.3. Industrial Environment
2.4. Social Environment
3. Social Network and Local Characteristics of Cultural Economy
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Materials
4.2. Methodology
- Firstly, by reviewing the relevant literature, the factors of natural environment, language environment, industrial environment, and social environment that may affect the distribution of performing arts are analyzed. With the advancement of information, media, and transportation technologies as well as the nationwide promotion of Mandarin, the influences of the national environment and language environment on performing arts are decreasing. When beginning from the theory of embeddedness, the social network of a region and the embedded personnel, institutions, and relevant industries may be key to affecting the development of performing arts.
- Secondly, the relationship between social network theory and place theory is analyzed. Whether social network theory and place theory can be combined is discussed to explain the inheritance and development of the cultural economy of certain regions.
- Thirdly, qualitative and quantitative methods are used to collect data and analyze the social network status of practitioners of Beijing crosstalk performing art. Social networks mainly consist of two theories: self-centered network research and overall network research [50]. In this paper, we start from two aspects: one is to explore the social network relationships between individual crosstalk performers based on questionnaires and interviews; the other one is to explore the overall social network conditions of Beijing’s crosstalk industry based on mutual following data of the Sina Weibo (China’s version of Twitter) of crosstalk performers, combined with questionnaires and interviews.
5. Research on Social Network of Beijing’s Crosstalk Industry
5.1. Study of Social Networks of Beijing’s Crosstalk Performers—Based on Interviews and Questionnaire Analysis
5.1.1. Data Collection
5.1.2. Results
5.2. Research on the Social Network of Beijing’s Crosstalk Industry as a Whole—Analysis of User Data Based on Sina Weibo
5.2.1. Data Collection
5.2.2. Results
Social Connections of Heads of Crosstalk Groups—Taking Guo Degang and Gao Xiaopan as Examples
Social Connections between Crosstalk Groups
Contacts with Other Types of Performing Groups or Performers
Social Connections with the Media
6. Discussion and Conclusions
6.1. Discussion
6.2. Conclusions
7. Notes
- (1)
- In Table 2, the figures outside the brackets are the number of samples, and those in the brackets are the percentages of the samples out of all the participants (40 in this survey, i.e., 100%).
- (2)
- In Figure 3, every member in the subgroup follows two or more members and was followed by the members at the same time. Node size is proportional to the in-degree centrality.
- (3)
- Figure 4 was acquired by using simplified network technology in social network analysis according to the mutual following of Sina Weibo accounts. Node size in the figure is proportional to the in-degree centrality.
Author Contributions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Age | Gender | Education | Years of Learning Crosstalk | Native Place | Full-Time or Part-Time | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
35 | Male | Junior college | 28 | Beijing | Full-time | Performer |
26 | Male | College graduate | 3 | Shandong | Full-time | Performer |
26 | Male | Middle school | 1 | Beijing | Full-time | Performer |
14 | Male | Middle school | 3 | Beijing | Part-time | Performer |
28 | Male | Junior college | 3 | Liaoning | Full-time | Performer |
36 | Male | Junior college | 10 | Hebei | Full-time | Performer |
26 | Male | Junior college | 4 | Hebei | Full-time | Performer |
29 | Male | College graduate | 0 | Beijing | Full-time | Manager |
The Type of Relations | The Degree of Closeness of Relationship | Way of Contact | Frequency of Contact(How Long Did you Contact Each Other) | Content of Contact(What Topic Did You Discuss) | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very Close | Not Very Close | Meet | Tele | Web | Almost Every Day | A Few Times a Week | A Few Times a Month | A Few Times a Year | Less than Once a Year | Crosstalk Professional Skills | Crosstalk Industrialization | Crosstalk Cycle Interrelationship | ||
Teacher | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||
(22.5%) | (22.5%) | (22.5%) | (7.5%) | (7.5%) | (5%) | (2.5%) | (17.5%) | (2.5%) | (2.5%) | |||||
Colleague in the present group | 15 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | ||
(37.5%) | (35%) | (2.5%) | (27.5%) | (10%) | (20%) | (10%) | (5%) | (2.5%) | (20%) | (15%) | (2.5%) | |||
Previous colleagues, friends | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2(5%) | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
(30%) | (12.5%) | (17.5%) | (7.5%) | (20%) | (2.5%) | (5%) | (10%) | (7.5%) | (2.5%) | (20%) | (2.5%) | (7.5%) | ||
Others | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
(10%) | (7.5%) | (2.5%) | (5%) | (5%) | (2.5%) | (2.5%) | (2.5%) | (2.5%) | (7.5%) | (2.5%) | ||||
Sum | 40 | 31 | 9 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 5 |
(100%) | (77.5%) | (22.5%) | (62.5%) | (35%) | (2.5%) | (35%) | (30%) | (17.5%) | (12.5%) | (5%) | (65%) | (22.5%) | (12.5%) |
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Zhao, J.; Zhou, S. Social Network and Place: The Inheritance and Development of Beijing Crosstalk Performing Art. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1541. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10051541
Zhao J, Zhou S. Social Network and Place: The Inheritance and Development of Beijing Crosstalk Performing Art. Sustainability. 2018; 10(5):1541. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10051541
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhao, Jimin, and Shangyi Zhou. 2018. "Social Network and Place: The Inheritance and Development of Beijing Crosstalk Performing Art" Sustainability 10, no. 5: 1541. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10051541
APA StyleZhao, J., & Zhou, S. (2018). Social Network and Place: The Inheritance and Development of Beijing Crosstalk Performing Art. Sustainability, 10(5), 1541. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10051541