The purpose of this paper is to study the online collective action of internet communities which have strong nationalistic sentiment.
First of all,We take the news reports about the chaos since June 2019 from mainstream media in mainland China as research sample.
In the second step, Through the way of discourse package construction, we explore the discourse expression of users who attended the largest online campaign launched by “Di Ba” on August 18,2019.
Thirdly, This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of the organizational form, mobilization strategy and ammunition preparation of the ' Di Ba '. At the same time, To fulfil our goal, we interviewed several candidates in the ' Di Ba 'expedition and performed participatory observation.
Finally, With the results of quantitative and qualitative analysis, we will use 'Structural theory' to analyze the phenomenon of ' Di Ba 'expedition, and try to think about whether there is collusion of 'structure' and 'actors' in the expedition.
By analyzing the news reports of the mainstream media and the discourse analysis of the public opinion，this paper will analyze the collusion of 'structure' and 'actors' in the' Di Ba 'from the perspective of structural theory.
With the data analysis, we illustrate that the online collective action, as an actor, is affected by the structure; the online collective action is restricted by the structural elements , and the online collective action can produce constructive effects on the structure and then regenerate the structure.
We argue that in the online collective action with nationalistic characteristics, there are multiple action identities in the duality of structure, which are reflected in the reflective monitoring of structure, the resonance between subculture and mainstream culture, and the integration of structural resources and rules.
Throughout the process of discovering the online collective action that appears to be formed spontaneously by netizens, the restriction and influence of structure Throughout, and the function of structure is ubiquitous. Therefore, it is far from exploring the root cause only to interpret the collective action of network from the perspective of actors.As Giddens sees it, the rules and resources used by actors in the 'interactive scenarios' across 'space' and 'time' are structures.
As actors, the behavior of netizens itself is integrated into the structure, inevitably affected by institutional factors. The behavior of actors is always purposefully 'embedded' in the specific social structure and social network, and affected by social relations.
NOTE:
1.“DI BA” is a kind of online interest community. The participants of “DI BA” are mostly netizens gathered together based on the interests of the game. In the online collective action of “DI BA”, most of them express their opinions in the way similar to their experience of war games.
2. Since June 2019, Although the Hong Kong government has repeatedly said that the revision of the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance has been completely stopped, they continue to use the 'anti revisionist example' as a cover to make progress, increase the intensity, escalate violence and spread more and more widely.