“Electronic Pickle”: Causes and Strategies of Media Dependence in the New Media Era

¹ College of Chinese Language and Culture, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; School of Education, City University of Macau, Macau 999078, China,

² School of Journalism & Communication, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China,

³ College of Chinese Language and Culture, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China,

ssr 2024 , 6(4), 104–110; https://doi.org/10.26689/ssr.v6i4.6783

Abstract

In the new media era, “electronic pickle” is a form of media presentation that is meaningful to people in terms of emotions and social interaction. However, it will also cause excessive media dependence, social alienation, and other related issues. From the perspective of media culture, this paper analyzes the causes of the audience’s dependence on “electronic pickle” and the coping strategies, to optimize and reconstruct the cognition of this media and standardize normal social life.

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