Influences of Web Fiction on Chinese College Students

【摘要】本文通過抽樣選取河南師范大學300名學生進行研究，闡述了網絡小說對大學生閱讀、寫作和思考的影響。研究表明，網絡小說對大學生而言是一把雙刃劍，利弊兼并。一方面，大學生可以借助互聯網和智能手機迅速獲取知識。另一方面，由于網絡信息的復雜性，大學生在閱讀和寫作中表現得很差，缺少正確的審美觀念。在這種情況下，本文提出了解決這類問題的有效措施.

【關鍵詞】網絡文學；大學生；閱讀；寫作；思考

【Abstract】This article illustrates the influences of Web fiction on college students reading， writing and thinking by taking a lateral study among three hundred students in Henan Normal University. On the one hand， Web fiction could spread knowledge and mobilize students enthusiasm in a much cheaper way. On the other hand， due to the complexity of online information， college students may be perfunctory in their reading and writing， which result in the degeneration of their aesthetic perception. In this case， this article gives effective measures to solve such problems from various aspects.

【Key words】Web fiction； College Students； Reading； Writing； Thinking

【作者簡介】劉會嫻（1997- ），女，漢族，河南安陽人，河南師范大學，本科，研究方向：英語語言學。

I. Introduction

Web fiction refers to written material of literature available mainly or solely on the Internet. The fast development of Web fiction is already an undisputable fact over the past twenty years. Although Web fiction has been hotly debated at present， college students spend a lot of time reading online. According to the data provided by Iresearch Company， college students are 83.1% of all online readers. As more and more college students choose to read online， Web fiction shows different impacts on college students.

II. Method

Previous work on Web fiction mainly focuses on its influence on the ideological education of college students. In this work， the author aims to find the influences of Web fiction and to give suggestions accordingly. We study three types of college students– freshmen， sophomores and junior students. And select 100 representatives for each type， included 50 girls and 50 boys. Since it is hard to find students who dislike Web fiction， we select 10 representatives in total， include 5 students who love reading online and 5 students who hate reading Web fiction.

III. Results and Discussion

According to the first survey， 93% of the representatives prefer to read Web fiction； 90% of the representatives think that Web fiction is more attractive than books. As for the impact on reading， 60% of the students think Web fiction provides more reading material. 42% students believe it is a platform for people who like literature to write， communicate and display. Yet 73.83% of the college students consider Web fiction needs to improve the quality. What is more， Web fiction influences college students attitudes toward life deeply. College students can get inspiration and confidence from the adventure of heroes. But most online novels show that the protagonists tend to live a life that only values personal enjoyment. As a result， 45% of the students believe that pure love is the most important part of life.

IV. Solutions

Forceful measures must be taken to solve such problems. The government need to strengthen the management of the websites and guide network literature to develop in a healthy way. Web fiction must improve its quality and provides readers with more various works. Then， parents and teachers should first give more understanding to students and be tolerant of their immature state of mind. Finally， college students should behave themselves and strengthen self-control.

V. Conclusion

In this work， we extensively study the influences of Web fiction on college students. We construct two studies， and extensive statistical tests are conducted to analyze the collected data. Web fiction benefits college students building of cognitive structure and inspire college students to write more. However， thanks to the similarly vulgar contents and genre， Web fiction still has some problems. Different social institutions should take up the responsibility to make a better online environment for college students.

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