Crazy fans pick up artists and cause congestion and chaos frequently
Experts believe fans are irrational and star chasing artists are also responsible
interview background
Recently, there have been two consecutive incidents where fans picked up artists and caused congestion and chaos on the scene. One incident even rushed to the hot search list, arousing social attention.
In recent years, there have been many incidents of fans chasing stars wildly, from fans buying artists' mobile phone numbers and flight information to chasing stars, to smashing the glass of airport escalators when they pick up the airport, from fans to raise funds for artists, voting for charts, to insulting and slandering competing artists on the Internet.
What is worrying is that a large number of fans are minors.
How should fans chase stars?
How to guide legal and rational star chasing?
What are the responsibilities of an artist?
With these questions, the reporter conducted a survey interview.
□ Our reporter Zhang Shoukun
"Don't push him!" the fans yelled at the police.
Recently, an artist surnamed Yu appeared at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport. Many fans gathered to pick him up and caused congestion at the scene, seriously affecting the normal passage of other passengers. The police who maintained order at the scene urged the artist to leave as soon as possible, but fans were dissatisfied.
The incident quickly reached the top of the hot search list.
On January 11, the artist apologized for the incident on social platforms.
Coincidentally.
On January 13, a netizen posted a video of fans picking up a boy group at the airport in Changsha City, Hunan Province. In the video, a large number of fans rushed forward, but the staff failed to stop them. The fans directly broke through the guardrail and trampled on the lawn.
How should fans follow stars?
It became a hot topic in the society for a while.
Fans chasing stars lose their reason
Distorted values are rooted in
In the above-mentioned incident of fans picking up a boy group at the airport, a passenger on the same plane posted on Weibo that when the plane was still taxiing after landing, some fans rushed from the economy class to the first class until the taxi stopped, feeling very unsafe.
Some netizens commented on this matter, saying that this kind of irrational star chasing fans can be called "illegitimate fans" or "surrogate filming".
"Sasaeng fans" are fans with extreme behavior and crazy style. In order to satisfy their selfish desires, they like to follow, voyeurize, and secretly take pictures of celebrities' daily life, affecting the private lives of artists and their families. Some female artists have even been "illegitimate fans" Wretched candid shots happened.
"Proxy shooters" are fans who take high-definition photos of celebrities for others and then resell them.
There are still many irrational star-chasing behaviors of fans: In August 2021, a fan group of a certain star provoked troubles on the Internet and verbally abused the star's proposed partner. Some fans participated in it with the mentality of "making things big". There are also some marketing accounts that fan the flames and maliciously hype; with the popularity of a talent show variety show, some fans buy a lot of milk with voting QR codes printed on it, and the milk hoarded at home is dumped because it cannot be drunk...
During the investigation, the reporter found that there are still some fans who "wash white" for illegal and immoral artists.
In Weibo "Ke Zhendong Chaohua", there have been fans checking in and leaving messages saying, "I don't understand why so many people resist Ke Zhendong's comeback, celebrities are just human... don't ask how drugs are circulated, just stare at those who are poisoned"" Everyone should have the right to be forgiven once."
In the eyes of these fans, celebrities who have been banned for breaking the law and immorality seem to be people who have been treated unfairly, and their irrational support is a symbol of "loyal fans".
Zhen Jingshan, deputy director of Beijing Xingquan Law Firm, believes that for fans who make star-chasing behaviors that are "difficult for ordinary people to understand", some of them do so to satisfy their "unreasonable" spiritual needs; "legitimate" economic interests; some people earn money while satisfying their spiritual needs.
The occurrence of this social phenomenon has complex and multi-level reasons, but the root cause is the distortion of some irrational fans' values.
"All kinds of irrational star chasing behaviors of fans will cause adverse effects. For fans, under the guidance of distorted values, they may go further and further down the wrong path. From a social perspective, in the long run, especially when this kind of When inappropriate star-chasing behavior becomes the norm, it will bring many unsafe and unstable factors to the society." Zhen Jingshan said.
According to Zheng Ning, director of the Law Department of the School of Cultural Industry Management, Communication University of China, fans' irrational star chasing behavior easily crosses the legal red line.
According to the Public Security Management Punishment Law, if fans interfere with the normal law enforcement of public officials in airports and other public places, they may be suspected of violating the law and be punished by law.
If fans obtain celebrity's itinerary information and other privacy through illegal channels, it may violate the provisions of the Civil Code or the Personal Information Protection Law, which constitutes an infringement of privacy rights or personal information rights and interests, and needs to bear tort liability.
Artists take the initiative to speak out
Guide fans to chase stars rationally
In the aforementioned Shanghai Hongqiao Airport fan pick-up incident that caused on-site congestion, the artist surnamed Yu was silent at first, not aware of the impact of the congestion on other passengers, and did not persuade fans to leave.
It was not until a week later that he was named and criticized by the media that he came forward to apologize.
It is understood that many fans gathered at the airport were encouraged and funded by the brokerage company, the purpose is to use this to create a "sense of presence" for the stars and increase their popularity.
Behind the many irrational star-chasing behaviors of fans, the help of the stars is indispensable.
But there are also voices calling for fans to chase stars rationally.
In August last year, many celebrities and fan support groups issued a statement, calling on fans not to pick up the plane, not to gather in public places, and it is strictly forbidden to follow the plane and shoot in various ways.
So, should celebrities do something about fans chasing stars?
What should be done?
Li Danlin, a professor at the School of Cultural Industry Management at Communication University of China and vice president of the Beijing Culture and Entertainment Law Society, believes that although the vast majority of fans have full capacity to act and can be responsible for their own actions, some fans’ crazy star-chasing behavior is still worthy of vigilance, especially It is a situation where a star or his agency uses the emotions and psychology of fans to deliberately do it to increase popularity and increase traffic, and it is directly related to the star.
"Take some airport pick-up incidents as an example. Celebrities travel is a personal freedom, but as a normal person, celebrities have seen the chaos caused by their appearance, and they still do not actively cooperate with the police who maintain order to solve the problem quickly. It is to further arouse the emotions of fans and intensify the congestion." Li Danlin said that in this case, the stars are responsible.
Zhen Jingshan also believes that celebrities should act proactively in a timely manner to avoid adverse consequences and be brave enough to take corresponding responsibilities.
"When irrational star-chasing behavior is happening or is very likely to happen, artists should make quick and accurate judgments, and take countermeasures as soon as possible to avoid the expansion of the situation. Artists should have a clear attitude towards irrational star-chasing behaviors, and express their opinions through their own words and deeds. To say 'no' to irrational behavior, guidelines should also be given to tell fans what the correct approach is. In the process of dealing with related incidents, artists should actively cooperate with the work of functional departments and relevant personnel to jointly resolve the adverse effects caused by irrational star chasing behavior. When irrational star-chasing behaviors have caused adverse effects, artists should speak up in a timely manner, express their attitudes, take responsibility, and call for avoiding irrational behaviors from happening again." Zhen Jingshan said.
Strictly crack down on illegal star chasing
Create a healthy star chasing atmosphere
At the beginning of June 2021, during the landing and taxiing stage of the first flight from Hangzhou to Beijing, some fans refused to listen to the persuasion of the crew, stood in the aisle and flocked to the first-class cabin to chase stars, which aroused public attention.
On June 11, 2021, the Civil Aviation Administration of China held a regular press conference. The person in charge of the Public Security Bureau of the Civil Aviation Administration of China stated that fans chasing stars during their travels occasionally happens.
Some fans failed to abide by the relevant regulations on civil aviation safety management during the process of chasing stars, and even violated relevant laws and regulations, infringed on citizens' personal information, disrupted the security order of airports and flights, and brought safety hazards to civil aviation operations and passenger travel.
The person in charge revealed that since 2018, the Civil Aviation Administration has strengthened the guidance and management of fans' pick-up and drop-off and follow-up situations.
After the "first-class chasing stars" incident, the Civil Aviation Administration issued guidelines for air security disposal.
The civil aviation public security organs will further strengthen the social security management and control of civil aviation, and maintain a strict crackdown on illegal behaviors that occur in the process of fans chasing stars.
In May 2022, the State Administration of Radio and Television issued the "Administrative Measures for Brokerage Agencies in the Field of Radio, Television and Internet Audio-Visual", requiring brokerage agencies not to publish harmful information such as causing fans to tear each other, dragging down and leading wars, and not to use false consumption, leading rewards, etc. Induce fans to consume by means of support and fundraising.
Recently, the website of the State Administration of Radio and Television released the "National Radio and Television and Network Audio-Visual "14th Five-Year" Talent Development Plan", which proposes to carry out ideological and political, professional quality, laws and regulations, etc. training for young actors and agents, and educate and guide relevant practitioners. Take on the mission, consciously abide by the laws and regulations, and be a literary and art worker with both ability and integrity.
The interviewed experts agreed that for irrational star chasing behavior, relevant departments need to take action to rectify it.
Zhen Jingshan believes that relevant departments should increase publicity and education on the rule of law to guide celebrities and fans to form a legal, rational, and moderate concept of star-chasing; they should rectify the industrial chain involved in irrational star-chasing behaviors, and ban and shut down relevant illegal fan organizations or platforms. , Cut off the chain of interests, so that the irrational star-chasing behavior loses the interest drive; increase the accountability of irrational star-chasing behavior, especially illegal behavior.
The interviewed experts also believe that celebrities should also actively guide fans to pursue stars legally and rationally.
Zhen Jingshan appealed that in terms of guiding fans, artists and their management companies should first lead by example, work hard and strive for excellence, and give back to fans with excellent works and profound character creation; in life, they should advocate healthy and optimistic lifestyles , presenting a positive state of life; in the process of communication and exchange with fans, artists always keep in mind to convey correct values, guide fans to legally and reasonably express their love for stars, and create a healthy and upward way of chasing stars.
"It is also necessary to straighten out the relationship with fan organizations such as fan clubs, and make it clear that fan organizations are not the artist's private land. Artists and brokerage companies must not only exercise relevant rights in accordance with laws and regulations, but also make full use of fan organizations to play an active role and convey the correctness to fans. Values. Resolutely resist the irrational behavior of fans chasing stars." Zhen Jingshan said.
Zheng Ning suggested that it is possible to use various forms such as industry organizations to issue initiatives and coordinate fans to participate together to guide celebrities to express their opinions and create a healthy atmosphere of rational star chasing in the whole society.
In Li Danlin's view, young fans' worship of their own idols will indeed be passionately emotional and even blind and crazy. This is also an experience at a specific stage of life.
If this kind of worship does not hinder public interests, public order, or harm the interests of others, it is a normal phenomenon in a civilized society and should be allowed and accepted, but this phenomenon also has a bottom line, that is, the behavior of fans must comply with the law.
"Adult fans grew up from teenagers. Judging from relevant news and information disseminated on social media, some fans lack basic sense of public morality, basic concept of right and wrong, let alone understanding and grasp of the law. Therefore, we need Start with young people, educate them on social morality and law, and believe that as they grow older, they will be able to pursue stars rationally." Li Danlin said.