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Area of Science:

  • Media Studies
  • Film Analysis
  • Audience Reception Studies

Background:

  • Contemporary Chinese war films play a significant role in shaping national identity.
  • Understanding audience engagement with these films is crucial for media memory theory.
  • Previous research has not fully explored the multimodal construction of belonging in this genre.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how Chinese war films create a sense of belonging in domestic audiences.
  • To analyze the roles of emotional expression, semantic cues, and musical structure in this process.
  • To examine the interplay between media memory and collective identification.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of high-grossing Chinese war films using computational tools.
  • Facial expression recognition (FaceReader) for emotional analysis.
  • Semantic clustering (BERT embeddings) for thematic analysis.
  • Soundtrack analysis (MuseNet-based modeling) for musical structure.
  • Validation through audience feedback (N=379) via online questionnaires.

Main Results:

  • A convergence of national identity, moral resonance, and emotional synchrony was identified.
  • These elements collectively shape a distinct aesthetic of belonging.
  • The study quantifies the relative influence of perceptual modalities on audience affect.

Conclusions:

  • Media memory transforms affective experiences into collective identification.
  • Chinese war films effectively utilize multimodal strategies to cultivate a sense of belonging.
  • The study highlights the methodological integration of subjective interpretation and computational objectivity.