[Source: Guangming Daily]
Text | Bao
The most impressive thing about the movie "Hot Search" is not the clouds and rain of various self-media in the online public opinion field, nor the arrogant and invincible Hengshi Group, but the people who are hiding in cyberspace and being led by the nose by the hot search. This is also the profound warning significance of this film - when we are more and more inseparable from social media and hot searches, we need to be more wary of the power that they look down on, cannot touch, but really affect daily life.
Chen Miao (played by Zhou Dongyu), the editor-in-chief of the self-media, penetrated the traffic password and created a popular article to rush to the hot search, but indirectly boosted the jumping of the "bully" female student in the party. At this time, Chen Miao accidentally discovered a message for help from a female student, and was involved in a sexual assault case. Chen Miao's partner He Yan (played by Song Yang) and investor wealthy businessman Yue Peng (played by Yuan Hong) were involved one after another......
The story told by the movie seems to be happening around us, and the events that rush to the hot search list are also news that people can often read in the media, and therefore, "Hot Search" adds a power of realism.
An important reason for Chen Miao's image change in the film is, of course, that she can't stand being bullied by women, but the deeper reason is that she finally realized the power of traffic to manipulate people's hearts - if she hadn't arbitrarily put the "bully" video on social media and hyped it, maybe the tragedy would not have happened.
Chen Miao, who reformed and realized that she had done wrong, finally restored the truth and found justice after a lot of hardships, but the price she paid was still painful. She had to quit the media industry she loved, in a sense, this is not only a warning to all media practitioners, but also an important reminder to all netizens: the keyboard in our hands is not only a tool for sending messages, but also can cause unexpected harm to others.
The story in the movie is fictional, but the truth it reveals is true. We who are busy checking the information on the hot search list every day, are we also unconsciously led by its nose? What "Hot Search" wants to convey to the audience is not only the "cool feeling" that justice has finally defeated evil, but also a deep reflection on the laws of network communication.
There is another detail in the movie that is worth playing. The image of the mastermind behind the Hengshi Group has always been blurred, and it is the executive played by Yuan Hong who saddled the horse for him, until the case was revealed and justice was revealed, and his photo finally became clear.
This detail obviously has a double meaning as well. This is not only a condemnation of these mercenary and unethical traffic manipulators, telling them that Skynet is magnificent but not leaky, but also illustrates a truth: those who want to manipulate traffic will inevitably be eaten by traffic. Countless cases in reality have told us that those who play with fire will self-immolate, whether it is a self-media practitioner like Chen Miao, or an enterprise or business like Hengshi Group, anyone who turns the clouds and rain on the hot search list for their own selfish interests will eventually have to pay the price for their willfulness.
Of course, "Hot Search" also has all kinds of shortcomings. For example, why Chen Miao released the video of the "bully" without prior verification, which obviously does not conform to the identity of the elite of the media industry, and also attracted many netizens to complain. It can be seen that the first condition for making a good news-themed film and television drama is still to be "professional" enough.
But in any case, it must be difficult for the audience to calm down after watching "Hot Search", and they will definitely think about an important question: when the next hot search is placed in front of us, should we still comment and forward it rashly? Maybe it is difficult for us to be as smart and brave as Chen Miao, and we can't fight to the end like her, but at least, we can be cautious, rational, and careful about every character we type on social media.
Character: 阿宝
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Editor-in-charge: Zhang Yongqun
Editor: Wu Yaqi and Xing Yanyan
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