in2ebook Chapter 111 A Powerful Argument
Chapter 111 A Powerful Argument
In order to prove the point that "virtual idols may cause teenagers to become overly addicted and thus affect their real life", Gu Fanxing and Ling Jiuer invested a lot of time and energy and carried out a comprehensive and in-depth exploration.
Argument 1: The perfect image of virtual idols can easily lead teenagers to have unrealistic fantasies, reducing their satisfaction and participation in reality.
Argument: The student Xiao Ming originally had excellent grades and was a top student in the school.
However, since he became obsessed with virtual idols, he immersed himself in the idol's fantasy world, fantasizing that he could also have such a wonderful life.
Gradually, he lost interest in schoolwork, his grades plummeted, he stopped participating in extracurricular activities, and interacted less and less with his classmates.
The girl Xiaohong longs for a romantic love. When she becomes obsessed with the perfect love image created by a virtual idol, she becomes indifferent to interpersonal communication in reality.
She was unwilling to attend parties and social events, locked herself in her room, immersed in the love stories of her virtual idols, and lost her attention and enthusiasm for the people around her.
Argumentation process: Xiao Ming and Xiao Hong's experiences show the perfect life and emotional state presented by virtual idols, which have a strong appeal and misleading effect on teenagers.
They invest a lot of time and energy in their yearning and fantasy for the virtual world, thus ignoring their responsibilities and opportunities in real life.
This obsession causes them to have too high expectations of reality. When there is a gap between reality and fantasy, they will feel disappointed and dissatisfied with reality, which in turn reduces their participation and enthusiasm in real academic, social and other aspects.
Argument 2: The bad atmosphere among virtual idol fan groups has a negative impact on young people’s values.
Argument: Among the huge fan base of a certain virtual idol, fans are competing fiercely to help their idol get a higher rank on various rankings.
They compete with each other, buy expensive support items, and some teenagers even steal money from their families or obtain funds through improper means to support their idols.
This excessive consumption behavior not only brings financial pressure to themselves and their families, but also distorts their values.
In addition, there is a phenomenon of malicious attacks on other idols among some fan groups.
Under the influence of this bad atmosphere, some young people have learned to use aggressive language and behavior to treat different opinions and preferences, lost the ability to respect and understand others, and formed extreme and narrow values.
Argumentation process: These bad trends in fan groups provide wrong behavioral examples for young people.
Teenagers' minds are not yet mature and they lack the ability to distinguish right from wrong. They are influenced by this bad trend and pursue these extreme and unhealthy behaviors.
In the process of pursuing idols, they gradually lose respect for morality, ethics and social norms, putting personal preferences above all else, which has a serious negative impact on the formation of their values.
Argument three: The business operation model of the virtual idol industry affects the economic concepts and consumption behaviors of young people.
Argument: A well-known virtual idol launched limited edition peripheral products, creating an atmosphere of scarcity and preciousness through carefully planned marketing methods and hunger marketing strategies.
Many young people are misled by this kind of marketing and buy these peripheral products in large quantities regardless of their own financial strength.
Some even borrow money or save on basic living expenses in order to purchase these products.
The tickets for offline events held by some virtual idols are expensive, but young people are willing to spend a lot of money to get close to the idols.
In order to participate in these activities, they may save their usual pocket money or ask their parents for fees beyond reasonable range. This behavior not only affects their own financial situation, but also brings unnecessary financial burden to the family.
Argumentation process: The commercial operation of the virtual idol industry is essentially for the purpose of profit, stimulating the consumption desire of young people through various means.
However, young people are not yet financially independent and lack mature consumption concepts and financial management capabilities.
When faced with these temptations, they often find it difficult to resist and fall into the trap of overconsumption.
This consumption behavior affects their quality of life and causes them to form unhealthy consumption habits and wrong economic concepts.
After all the twists and turns before, Gu Fanxing and Ling Jiuer knew that in order to make this point of view convincing enough, they must find rigorous and powerful arguments.
So, they decided to split into two groups and conduct in-depth exploration from different directions.
Gu Fanxing plunged into the vast ocean of academic research.
She frequently went to the school library, wandering through the rows of bookshelves, looking for books and research reports related to adolescent psychology, sociology, and popular culture.
She carefully read every book she chose, took notes, and recorded her thoughts and insights.
She was often so immersed in reading that she forgot about time, and only realized that a day had passed when the library's closing bell rang.
In this process, Gu Fanxing discovered many key research results.
A study that explored the psychological characteristics of adolescents during their growth process pointed out that they are very likely to become overly dependent on attractive images when their self-identity has not yet been fully established.
The perfect personalities and wonderful world carefully created by virtual idols provide a seemingly ideal safe haven for teenagers, causing them to over-invest in it and unknowingly ignore the responsibilities and challenges in real life.
Gu Fanxing was overjoyed and recorded the research results in detail. He also repeatedly thought about how to closely integrate them with his own arguments to make them more convincing.
In order to obtain more cutting-edge and timely research developments, Gu Fanxing also subscribes to authoritative academic journals in related fields.
Every day, she spends a lot of time browsing the latest research papers, not missing any information that may be helpful to her research.
One of the papers revealed a thought-provoking phenomenon through a long-term follow-up survey: teenagers who have been addicted to virtual idols for a long time have obviously lagged behind in real-life social skills, showing problems such as communication barriers and social phobia.
This discovery made Gu Fanxing's eyes light up. She immediately incorporated it into her own argument library, preparing to make full use of it in subsequent arguments.
Ling Jiuer focused on collecting real-life cases, searching for relevant news reports and personal sharing on the Internet. She saw cases of children skipping classes to participate in activities and neglecting their studies, imitating extreme behaviors and getting injured, and over-involving themselves in fan groups and causing conflicts with their families.
She also contacted people with similar experiences through social media and forums and listened to their stories. She was deeply moved by the case of a child with excellent academic performance who became obsessed with a virtual idol and then became addicted to the virtual world, causing his grades to drop and his relationship with his parents to become strained.
To ensure the authenticity of the case, she conducted cross-verification and verified the details.
Afterwards, they brought the data together, sorted and analyzed it, and looked for common patterns.
Ling Jiuer pointed out the similarities between the cases, and Gu Fanxing explained the reasons based on academic research.
They categorized cases, conducted in-depth analyses, and also took care to avoid absolutes.
After repeated discussions and revisions, they constructed a rigorous argumentation system, in which each argument was supported by sufficient evidence and corroborated each other.
It points out that the perfect image of virtual idols and the appeal of the virtual world can easily lead teenagers to fantasize, reduce their satisfaction and participation in reality, and affect their academic and career planning.
Bad habits in fan groups affect their values, such as huge consumption and unfair competition.
Industrial and commercial operations influence economic concepts and consumer behaviors, such as excessive investment of time and money.
They also continue to polish their language, striving to make it clear and persuasive.
Finally, after countless days and nights of hard work, they completed the task and believed that they could provide valuable reference for understanding this issue and take a solid step towards solving it.