Analyzing the buzzword “city or not city”: exploring the latent social mirror behind it

Abstract

The craze of “China Travel” has taken the world by storm, and under the environment of rapid development of the Internet and the era of fragmentation, Chinese buzzwords have also risen with it. The buzzword “city or not city” has also emerged under the environment of rapid development of the Internet and fragmentation era. The phrase “city or not city”, a mixture of Chinese and English, has appeared on various platforms and is popular among young people. The phrase “city or not city” originated from a foreign blogger named ‘BaoBaoXiong’ on a short-video platform, who liked to use the phrase “city or not city” during the filming of his trip to China. He likes to use “city or not city” during the filming of his trip to China, and after the video exploded in popularity, some netizens quickly used it and remade it, which made it a hot Internet terrain. The purpose of this research is to analyze the social phenomenon behind “city or not city” through the study of this buzzword, the rise of a network buzzword must have its own reasons for the rise, and can reflect social change