[Annotation 2 (Revised)] Human Flesh Search──Let the Voice of the Masses be heard

  In China where the term “human flesh search” first appeared and became a controversial issue, the internet populism(網路民粹主義) also plays an important role in it. It is hard to make a specific definition of populism. An English political theorist Margaret Canovan stated that populism puts emphasis on the masses’ thoughts and that the society can be reformed by the group power. The Chinese government is on the top of the social status and controls all the distribution of profit which also increases the poverty gap (貧富差距) after Chinese economic reforms. For the masses, the common people, who have complaints about the upper reaches of society, the Internet provides a good way to speak for themselves. They can use the group power like human flesh search to find out something illegal such as the Chinese venal officials’infamous behaviors. It is too late for the judiciary to represent the masses to crack down the crime.
 Furthermore, the Chinese Netinens have the following characteristics(侯政男、蔡宗哲,2013):
(1) They are younger and low-edcationed, which cause them to have more immature and irrational comments.
(2) They are potential proponents of populism.
(3) They usually have the psychological expectations that the law does  not punish a group of people(法不責眾). Each of them only takes a little part of the collaboration in human flesh search. They can hide behind the big group of netizens and say anything without being afraid of the law.
(4) They have strong moral senses.

Reference

侯政男、蔡宗哲（2013）。《嚴格管制下的中國網路民粹主義狂歡現象分析：理論建構初探》，中華傳播學會 2013 年會論文 http://ccs.nccu.edu.tw/history_paper_content.php?P_ID=1487&P_YEAR=2013。

Reflection

Reflection

  The topic Tony and I chose is “human flesh search”. In the past weeks, from issue paper to annotation, the “privacy problem” has been mentioned over and over again. In the teacher-student conference, I finally realized there are other aspects related to human flesh search, such as Bakhtin's carnivalization theory. Just like professor said, we should read more books or essays instead of keeping discussing something that the common people talked about.

 Tim Kuo also gave us another idea that we never thought before. He said that people are social animal(群居動物). People are used to getting together and are afraid of the alien. So when someone has strange behavior, the others will banish him. When someone post some irritating opinions on the Internet, netizens use “human flesh search” to find the alien’s true identity to condemn him publicly. Robert and Knot mentioned the presumption of innocence (無罪推定原則). If the target of human flesh search is innocent, he will be hurt by the group power. The suspect is easily thought to be guilty on the Internet without the legal proceedings. It can be one of Tony’s standpoint.

Tim & Tim
They talked about the individual rights and society. I never think of it before. Is it really necessary that everyone should undertake the responsibility of society? Is the personal profit much important than society? I can not decide which side I should support. I want one of them can convince me. But I can hardly understand what they want to express through their oral presentation.

Robert & Knot
Their annotation was very persuasive and easy to understand. Each of them has strong standpoint. They said they actually didn’t find a conclusion until they discussed again and again. That is what Tony and I have to do. Discussion even the quarrel can help us clarify our point.

Vivian & Lisa
They prepared well. Their issue is also about the social responsibility and business. It is similar to Robert and Knot’s. Maybe this two groups can exchange the sources they found or their ideas to help rich the diversity of content.  

Phoebe & Niki

The topic of show girls remind me that the NCCU doctor sell the chicken steak. And many people debate is it appropriate to have this kind of job when he has a higher educational background.

[Annotation 2] Human Flesh Search──Let the Voice of the Masses be heard

[Annotation 2] 

Human Flesh Search──Let the Voice of the Masses be heard
  In China where the term “human flesh search” first appeared and became a controversial issue, the internet populism(網路民粹主義) also play an important role in it. It is hard to make a specific definition of populism. An English political theorist Margaret Canovan stated that populism put emphasis on the masses’ thoughts and the society can be reformed by the group power. The Chinese government is on the top of the social status and control  all the distribution of profit which is also increases the poverty gap (貧富差距) after Chinese economic reform. For the masses, the common people, who have complaints about the upper reaches of society, Internet provides a good way to speak for themselves. They can use the group power like human flesh search to find out something illegal such as that they explore the Chinese venal officials’ infamous behavior which I mentioned in annotation 1. It is too late for the judiciary to represent the masses to crack down the crime.

Sources

侯政男、蔡宗哲（2013）。《嚴格管制下的中國網路民粹主義狂歡現象分析：理論建構初探》，中華傳播學會 2013 年會論文 http://ccs.nccu.edu.tw/history_paper_content.php?P_ID=1487&P_YEAR=2013。

[Annotation 1 (Revised) ] Can Human Flesh Search Stands In Justice?

[1]

Can Human Flesh Search Stands In Justice?

  This picture was published by The New Yorker in 1993. It show us an important difference between the real world and the victual world── anonymity. 

  Some called human fresh search “cyber manhunt”, and describe it as witch-hunt in the Middle Ages in Europe. When a person is targeted, his all personal information like ID number, address, pictures and everything he did will exposed in public. People who oppose human fresh research question it is Internet vigilante or Internet lynching [2]. Because there are some enraged netizens would annoy the target’s family, blaming him with filthy language and even send him a death threat. As far as I am concerned, human fresh search is a tool to help improve our society and it tell us that everyone still have to follow the law even in the victual world. Knife can be used to kill someone but we would not forbid a knife. So is human fresh search.     

  In China, the government corruption has been a big issue. Thanks to human fresh search, the venal officials’ infamous behavior can be exposed in public. It was the contribution of human fresh.

Source:

[1]  Copyright Image by Peter Steiner published by The New Yorker on July 5, 1993
[2]Human-flesh search, Internet Vigilante or Internet lynching

[Annotation 1] Can Human Flesh Search Stands In Justice?

Can Human Flesh Search Stands In Justice?

  Some called human fresh search “cyber manhunt”, and describe it as witch-hunt in the Middle Ages in Europe. When a person is targeted, his all personal information like ID number, address, pictures and everything he did will exposed in public. People who oppose human fresh research question it is Internet vigilante or Internet lynching [1]. Because there are some enraged netizens would annoy the target’s family, blaming him with filthy language and even send him a death threat. As far as I am concerned, human fresh search is a tool to help improve our society and it tell us that everyone still have to follow the law even in the victual world. Knife can be used to kill someone but we would not forbid a knife. So is human fresh search.     

  In China, the government corruption has been a big issue. Thanks to human fresh search, the venal officials’ infamous behavior can be exposed in public. It was the contribution of human fresh.

Source:
[1] Human-flesh search, Internet Vigilante or Internet lynching

Can Human Flesh Search Stands In Justice?

Internet creates a virtual world where anyone can publish his ideas anonymously. Hiding behind the computer screen, some have more courage to say whatever we want to say, including some offensive opinions which may be against the law or violate the ethic value. Does it can totally keep the identity secret on the Internet? Users’ personal information is easily found on the search results from search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Baidu, etc. Human flesh search (Chinese: 人肉搜索; Rénròu Sōusuǒ) is not an official search engine. It is a term that Chinese netizen created. It means that netizens gather to find out someone’s real-life identity like his real name, age and picture. Even the phone number, address and who his friends and relatives are can be found and posted online by the netizens who voluntarily to investigate and share the information.

  The search engines can help us collect lots of information but picking the right ones from it is not easy. Relying on human fresh search, that is to say, the collaboration of the netizens we can have more precise details efficiently than the artificial intelligence. From a picture, a video or even a ID, each netizen who notices a few clues and investigate them from blogs, community websites, internet forums,etc, can piece the truth together.

The most important feature and of human fresh search is that it can be used to stand in justice. In 2006, a man whose internet pseudonym was “catkiller 飛天貓” published an provoking article about with pictures on which a frightened poor kitten was burned by boiling water or tied by rubber band in a Chinese internet forum for cat lovers. His disdainful attitude and cold-blooded behavior caused a rage making the human fresh search happen. Tracing his IP (Internet Protocol), people found he lived in Taipei. The united netizens called the police and help them find the man’s house by the picture where the background was at Neihu District. The man was finally arrested.
  Los Angeles Times said: China's 'human flesh search' Let's have eclipsed the International Criminal Police Organization. Even in the virtual world where people hide their real identity, it doesn’t mean that we can do everything we want. Human fresh search is a strong public power which can stand in justice to prevent people from the punishment of law. Netizens are the supervisers if something illegal happen on the internet. Human fresh search may be considered as a intrusion of privacy because of the target’s every personal information will be posted in public. But I think it is definitely a good tool to crack down the crime, and can do good for our society just we use it properly.
 

                                                                              

Is Having Sex in Public Legal When It Is Called Art?

Is Having Sex in Public Legal When It Is Called Art?

  In March 2012, a controversial video called “Street Love” spread on the Internet. At the lane where many people and cars passed through, there was a young girl lying on the mattress with a quilt covered. A man walked to the girl, took off his clothes and slipped into the bed. They kissed and touched each other for few minutes and then their bodies moved so violently in the bed that the image looked like they were having sex. The police found the naked man, Frank Yang(楊士毅), who claimed what he did was “performance art(行為藝術)” and was arrested on a charge of sex offenses(妨礙風化罪) .

   How do you define art?  I think it is difficult to define art because the way to appreciate art was subjective. The artists convey their thoughts through their works.  Frank Yang tried to awaken people’s inner desire from subconscious. The idea had no problem but the method he used was improper and illegal. It was also against the morality. If a child who has no idea about sex saw his “performance art ” , he would probably imitate them out of curiosity. Having sex in public forced other people saw the embarrassing image accidentally. Some of them may feel nothing but some may feel sick. It might lead to the mental wound. To catch people’s eyes, this controversial video definitely caused a big sensation. Imagine that if a guy killed the passersby randomly with a gun and he said it was a kind of art. Law protect everyone’s right to create and also protect the right not to be harmed physically or mentally.  

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