Art and Society

Vulnerability of Cyber Security Is an Unexpected Threat to Global Internet System

Haradhan Kumar Mohajan — 2025-10-30

At present the world is becoming highly interconnected, and cyber security is essential for the sustainability and development of the global networking. Cyber security is the practice of protecting digital devices, networks, and sensitive data from cyber threats, such as hacking, malware, and phishing attacks that are committed over the internet by technically skilled criminals, who have a wide range of strategies, technologies, and best practices. It is an urgent national and global problem. At present it becomes an incredibly complex and changing policy and important issue in the infrastructure of every company and organization. Data in computer can be lost or destroyed through physical and natural disasters, such as floods, fires, and unexpected catastrophes done by the cyber criminals. The purpose of this study is to discuss the aspects of cyber security for the improvement of the safety and security of cyber space.

Research on the Market Adaptability of Rongchang Summer Cloth Product Innovation Under the Intervention of Modern Design Language

Pei Xi — 2025-10-30

This paper takes Rongchang Summer Cloth as the research object, focusing on the market adaptability of its product innovation under the intervention of modern design language. Based on cultural consumption theory and design value theory, it constructs an analytical framework of “design innovation–market segmentation–value adaptation”. Through case analysis and theoretical deduction, it proposes four core market segments for Rongchang Summer Cloth: cultural elites and collectors, new middle-class and lifestyle consumers, designers and creative classes, and Generation Z and national trend enthusiasts. On this basis, it elaborates on five core design innovation methods–symbol translation, material reengineering, structural innovation, functional crossover, and narrative empowerment–and their dynamic adaptation paths with each market segment in terms of value demands, functional needs, and price perception. It proposes that market adaptation is a precise value co-creation behavior, whose essence lies in transforming the cultural and aesthetic value created by design innovation into a value that can be perceived, recognized, and paid for by specific target consumers through appropriate channels and narratives. This paper aims to provide theoretical support and practical references for the coordinated development of cultural inheritance and commercial value of Rongchang Summer Cloth in the context of cultural confidence and consumption upgrade.

The Production of Beauty and Nostalgia: The Image-Space and Discursive Construction of Chinese Rural Documentaries in the New Era

Qu Lei — 2025-10-31

This study examines Chinese rural documentaries from the New Era. It uses Henri Lefebvre’s theory of the production of space. It also employs Michel Foucault’s discourse theory. These theories serve as the core analytical framework. The research explores how these documentaries use cinematic narrative techniques. Their goal is to construct the countryside as a meaningful space. This space is filled with ideas of “beauty” and “nostalgia.” Finally, the study critically analyzes the discursive practices and ideological effects of this construction process. This study argues that the rural space depicted in Chinese rural documentaries is not a straightforward reflection of reality but an actively selective discursive “production”. Based on Lefebvre’s “spatial triad”, the study firstly dissects how the physical space of rural areas is depicted as a landscape and as “picturesque”, how the social space of rural areas is shaped by the subjectivity of “new rural residents” and communal relationships and how the cultural space of rural areas is emotionally anchored by conceptions of “home”, “memory” and “history”. Subsequently, the study analyzes the micro-strategy of narrative technique in detail and explores how the cooperation between visual rhetorics of shot scale (long shot/close-up), lighting and camera movement and auditory landscapes of voiceover narration and soundscapes collectively create an emotionally resonant and realistic rural imagery. Furthermore, the study discusses the macro-strategies of spatial juxtaposition and integration and analyzes how these strategies facilitate the incorporation of different kinds of rural spaces into a macro-narrative space concerning “Beautiful China” initiative and an “urban-rural community”. In conclusion, through subtle spatial storytelling, Chinese rural documentaries in New Era successfully produce “beauty” and “nostalgia” as a dominant cultural discourse. This cultural discourse evokes the audience’s emotional resonance, strengthens cultural identity and displays the achievements of rural revitalization. In essence, it is a cinematic practice that participates in the construction of national identity in New Era. This research not only offers a critical spatial and discursive analytical approach for the study of rural documentaries but also provides a representative case study for the analysis of representational mechanisms and ideological effects in contemporary Chinese mainstream culture.

A Study on the Formalist Aesthetic Analysis of New Carved Gold Beach, a Republican-Era New Year Poster from Yangjiabu

Cao Huiru — 2025-11-14

This study employs Roger Fry’s formalist theory as its analytical framework to examine the formal aesthetic characteristics and modern relevance of New Carved Gold Beach — a seminal woodblock New Year painting from Yangjiabu created during China’s Republican era (1912-1949). The formalist doctrine posits that artistic essence resides not in narrative content, but in the meaningful order established through formal composition. Through systematic analysis of five key elements — line, color, volume, spatial relationships, and light and shadow — the paper reveals how this artwork achieves visual rhythm and emotional resonance through its structural organization. The study reveals that New Carved Gold Beach creates a visual hierarchy combining flatness and depth through its flowing rhythms, striking color contrasts, layered spatial composition, and dynamic interplay of light and shadow. While rooted in folk themes, the artwork transcends narrative constraints at its formal level, demonstrating artistic autonomy. The social transformations of the Republican era and advancements in printing technology provided conditions for this innovation, enabling New Year Posters to transition from religious symbolism to conscious formal expression in visual language. This paper argues that New Carved Gold Beach not only marks the maturity of Yangjiabu New Year painting art, but also represents a significant milestone in the evolution of Chinese folk art towards modern aesthetics. The independence of its formal language and structural beauty demonstrate the spiritual resonance between folk art and modernist aesthetics. Through the intervention of formalism, this paper redefines the research paradigm of folk art, emphasizes the contemporary value of traditional art in form innovation, and provides theoretical insights for the contemporary expression and digital transformation of Yangjiabu New Year painting as an intangible cultural heritage art.

Rethinking Immersion in Digital Heritage: A Technology–Narrative–Emotion Framework for Cross-Media Cultural Communication

Yifan Wu — 2025-12-05

In the context of digitalization and media convergence, cultural heritage dissemination is being reshaped by immersive technologies such as VR, AR, AI-driven narratives, and digital twins. While existing research has explored visualization, interface design, and digital preservation methods, the underlying mechanism through which immersion is generated—particularly the dynamic interaction of technological structures, narrative organization, and emotional engagement—remains insufficiently theorized. To address this gap, this study examines immersive digital heritage as its core research object and employs a theoretical and conceptual analysis approach. Through the synthesis and integration of interdisciplinary scholarship, the study proposes a “technology–narrative–emotion” analytical framework to reveal how immersive experience emerges from the interplay between technical affordances, narrative restructuring, and users’ affective responses. The findings demonstrate that digital heritage immersion is not produced by any single factor but is constructed through continuous negotiation among technological mediation, narrative meaning-making, and emotional resonance. This process transforms cultural heritage from a static representation into a dynamic field of experiential interpretation. However, the analysis also identifies several risks: strengthened narrative authority induced by technological control, the hyperreal effect produced by high-fidelity visual restoration, and the potential reduction of complex historical memory into short-lived emotional peaks.

Color Design Strategies for Educational Animation on Chinese Early-Learning Apps

Ruonan Li — 2025-12-05

Color plays a central role in shaping the learning experience of preschool children in China’s rapidly expanding early-learning app ecosystem. As digital learning becomes increasingly mobile-based, color design influences not only aesthetic appeal but also perceptual clarity, cognitive load, emotional regulation, and interaction fluency. This paper proposes a comprehensive analysis of color use in Chinese early-learning animation by examining its developmental, pedagogical, cultural, and technological dimensions. Drawing on empirical findings from child visual development, early literacy and numeracy research, interaction design studies, and Chinese cultural symbol systems, the paper identifies eight core domains that structure effective color strategies: functional roles of color, preschool color perception, dominant trends in Chinese early-learning apps, educational color principles, domain-specific learning scenarios, visual accessibility requirements, interaction-driven color needs, and the foundations of a culturally grounded color framework. Across these domains, color is shown to support attention guidance, tone and radical differentiation in literacy tasks, conceptual representation in math, cross-language mapping in bilingual content, and scaffolded task sequencing. At the same time, color design must address challenges related to visual fatigue, color-vision diversity, device variability, and increasing parental concern about overstimulation and myopia. The analysis demonstrates that culturally embedded color meanings—such as the positive emotional valence of red and gold—remain influential in shaping children’s affective responses and can be leveraged to reinforce motivation and emotional stability. The paper concludes by outlining a culturally informed, developmentally aligned framework for color use in Chinese early-learning animation. This framework integrates perceptual development, cultural symbolism, educational goals, and screen-health considerations into a cohesive set of principles that can guide future design practice and research in child-centered digital learning.

Creative Negotiation in Platform-Mediated Visual Production

Zhi Bie — 2025-12-15

This paper develops a multidimensional framework for understanding creative negotiation as a defining feature of youth visual production within platform-mediated environments. While digital platforms shape cultural expression through algorithmic curation, engagement metrics, interface affordances, and moderation regimes, youth creators are not merely passive subjects of these systems. Instead, they actively interpret platform signals and adjust their creative practices through iterative, strategic, and relational processes. Drawing on platform studies, cultural labor research, and youth media theory, this study conceptualizes creative negotiation across four key dimensions: aesthetic compromise, narrative modulation, identity calibration, and community leverage. Through digital cultural observation and interpretive analysis, the paper demonstrates how these strategies allow creators to balance artistic intention with platform expectations, maintaining agency despite structural constraints. The findings challenge deterministic accounts of algorithmic governance by foregrounding creators’ adaptability, reflexivity, and collaborative practices. This framework contributes to broader debates on platform governance, digital labor, and contemporary visual culture by illustrating how human creativity co-evolves with sociotechnical infrastructures. It also offers a conceptual foundation for future empirical research on youth creativity, platformized cultural production, and the shifting dynamics of visual expression in digital societies.