Chinanews client Beijing, July 29th, title: "Girls admitted to Tsinghua and thanked their parents" in a pose, "positive energy rumors" are very harmful!
Author: Yuan show on
As the results of college entrance examinations are released in various places, several short videos of "girls going to college to thank their parents" have aroused heated discussion online.
In a video, a girl in a school uniform cried and ran to a man wearing a hard hat, saying "Dad, I was admitted" and crying on her knees. Coupled with the copywriting and sensational music of "Hundred-good filial piety first", many netizens moved.
However, in the other videos, the story is still the same, but Dad became a "vegetable" and "bottle picker".
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However, people soon discovered that the girls in these videos seemed to be the same person. Then the video shooter admitted that none of the three videos were real. However, he did not agree with the questioning of "deceiving feelings" from netizens.
"I've never said that my story is true. If you think I'm lying to your tears, then I would like to ask, you guys see those Korean dramas with tears, why don't you look for them? It was originally a positive joke. I want children to know that it’s not easy for their parents, and then they go to school to be grateful to their parents. It’s just such a joke. Am I wrong?"
Currently, the video related to this account has been removed. The photographer also revealed that the platform restricted its account for 10 days for violation of regulations.
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I have to say that this kind of video really understands the audience's psychology. Children are grateful to their parents, poor students in high schools, and fathers who have suffered and still support their daughters in school. These are all from our lives and are often regarded as positive models by everyone. On the short video platform, gratitude to parents and positive energy are also the most popular types. For the self-media, no matter which one you step on, it can trigger discussion in the field of public opinion and create an explosion of money.
But all this is under the real premise. Although the creator of the video stated that the purpose of the video is to let the children know that the parents are not easy and to be grateful to the parents, but the proper purpose cannot conceal the unreasonable means. The first word of "truth, goodness and beauty" is truth. Even if it is to spread positive energy, the authenticity of the content should be guaranteed first. Fabricated positive energy cannot be called positive energy.
If the cart is turned upside down, it may not only lead to "moral kidnapping", but also a "wolf is coming" story. As some netizens said, if positive energy is produced, then there will be more and more false positive energy in the future, who will believe in real positive energy.
In recent years, various kinds of fake news have emerged in an endless stream. In the past few years, there were "cleaners heatstroke, little girls holding umbrellas", "homeless people who left home for 9 years to return home to get 7 million land compensation", and recently there was "Anhui uncle has no health code on foot. Thousands of miles", "Xiaogan private car owner died in anti-epidemic unclaimed several months", etc. These fake news have a common feature, using fabricated or half-truth information to stir up public sentiment. It seems to be well-intentioned, but in fact it is to deceive the traffic. The end result is to consume the feelings of the public and shake the trust of society.
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This is very similar to the truth of some health rumors. Spreading false news under the banner of your own good is not only useless, it may also be harmful. The birth of "positive energy rumors" is not to present facts, but to cater to the needs of some people, and the content delivered is inevitably biased, or just deepens certain stereotypes.
"Girls go to college and thank their parents" is the same routine. The photographer said that he never said that the story was true, but he never said clearly that his story was fictitious, and there was no obvious sign in the video. As for comparing positive energy jokes with Korean dramas, it is not very convincing. People will not accuse the TV show of deceiving tears, because from the beginning everyone assumed that it was a fiction. But when watching the above-mentioned video, many people think that it is a real person and a real thing, and they have given real feelings, and then they feel deceived.
The photographer’s subsequent response was also met with many doubts. Some netizens believed that this was not a scam of traffic, but a vicious spread of an untrue incident. The photographer expressed grievances.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with spreading positive energy, but it should also keep true boundaries. Ollie gave the uncle Huang Chunsheng and the takeaway brother Along who suffers from cerebral palsy, they can infect many people because of their real experience and optimistic attitude. Positive energy should encourage people to be positive, rather than being made up into a business, no one likes their true feelings to be lost. (Finish)