Very erotic very violent

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Very erotic very violent (很黄很暴力) is a Chinese internet meme first spawned by a news report on China Central Television's flagship news program Xinwen Lianbo, used by a primary school student interviewed in the report to describe the content she saw on a web page. This incident sparked wide forms of parody on the internet, and also questioned the credibility of the CCTV newscast.[1]

[edit] CCTV News Report

On December 27, 2007, Xinwen Lianbo aired a report about the wide and easy availability of explicit content on the internet. The report appealed to juristic institutions and government to hurry to make relevant legislation in order to purify the internet environment. In the report, a young student described a pop-up advertisement she saw as being "very erotic, very violent".[2] After the airing of the report, many Kuso (parody) works were made ridiculing the comment and CCTV's credibility in part.[3]

The incident also questioned the reliability of Xinwen Lianbo, noting the unlikelihood of a web page being both violent and erotic at the same time, and the age of the student interviewed. Personal information of the interviewed girl was later also leaked, identifying the girl in the report by name.[4] Online message boards were populated by large threads about the incident,[5] and a satirical work even stated that CCTV's website was the number one "very erotic very violent" website on the internet,[6] with some users even creating their own toplists of sites which meet this criteria,[7] the "top 8 very erotic very violent sports events"[8] and even identifying things that are yellow as being erotic (since 黄, huáng, the Mandarin character for "yellow", also means "erotic").[9]

[edit] Response

According to a general consensus[who?], it is said that the girl in the report would have not been able to access a web page describable as "very erotic very violent" unless she did it intentionally. It is thought[who?] that the line was actually a form of distortion by the reporters and not actually the views expressed by the girl, trying to make the problem look more serious. Even though the internet is already heavily filtered in China, the news report may have suggested that the current filters are not enough. In addition, the girl interviewed in the report was never actually identified.[10]. It was also pointed out by some media[who?] that the outcry from the community about this report shows a dissatisfaction for the content of the report, and the censorship of the Internet in China in general, [11], and an explosion of long term dissatisfaction for the production practices of Xinwen Lianbo.[12]

Some critics also emerged, expressing discontent about the internet outcry and large amounts of parodies related to the report, some using her real name, as revealed by a letter written by the girl's father.[4][13]

Most Chinese media intentionally ignored the role CCTV played in the report, focusing more on the violation of the girl's privacy.[14][15] Wang Xiaofeng, chief writer of cultural department, Lifeweek, claimed that CCTV and the users have lack of consciousness for protecting minors.[16] There were also some claims that “what the girl really needs is benevolent critique from the adults other than fleer[clarify] from entertainers”.[17]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a young girl who said webpages are very erotic very violent got ??. Donews. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
  2. ^ Officers of State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television.
  3. ^ A teenager girl who said webpages are very erotic very violent on CCTV got kusoed. People's Daily Online. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
  4. ^ a b Kuso events caused by “very erotic very violent", on 7th January 2008, Yangtze Evening News
  5. ^ Interviewed girl got kusoed who said internet is very erotic very violent. New Express. Retrieved on 2008-01-07.
  6. ^ 10 very erotic very violent websites. Nings. Retrieved on 2008-01-07.
  7. ^ guess who's the real body of very erotic very violent according to the primary student. Tencent. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
  8. ^ TOP 8 VERY EROTIC VERY VIOLENT SPORTS EVENTS. Tencent. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
  9. ^ A primary school girl: webpages are very erotic very violent. Yangcheng Evening News Online. Retrieved on 2008-01-07.
  10. ^ KEYWORDE: APOLOGY. Southern Metropolis Daily. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
  11. ^ Please let the girl who said “very erotic very violent” go. Blog China. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
  12. ^ Girl was wanted by very erotic very violent netizens, United Daily 17th January 2008
  13. ^ It is very erotic very violent to Kuso a primary school kid. Jing Daily. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
  14. ^ the word of “very erotic very violent” triggered big trouble. Who has violated the girl's privacy?. China Economic Net. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.Deleted by afternoon of 9th January 2008
  15. ^ Cultural oaf behind the “very erotic very violent” event. The Beijing News. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
  16. ^ Wang Xiaofeng. Who's indeed very erotic very violent?. No Association In Mind Allowed. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
  17. ^ Kuso, Please let unadults go. Northern Net. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
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