An Investigation on People’s Perception of the Otaku Subculture in China

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10.2991/assehr.k.210617.137How to use a DOI?

Keywords

The otaku subculture, person perception

Abstract

Originated from Japan, the Otaku subculture describes one’s tendency to stay at home and avoid social interactions as much as possible. In recent years, the Otaku subculture becomes increasingly popular in China, yet little is known about how the general population perceives the followers of the Otaku subculture. In the current study, we made the first attempt to investigate people’s perception of the Otaku subculture with a mixed-method approach that combines a qualitative analysis and a quantitative analysis. We found that the three most defining features of the Otaku subculture are (1) depending largely on the internet, (2) unwillingness to engage in social interactions, and (3) a void of stable jobs and studies. Furthermore, among the three features, the second one was voted as the one that is most predictive ford one’s perception of the general level of happiness on the active followers of the Otaku subculture. We discussed the practical relevance of the current study as well as important directions for future research.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Danzeng Dedan
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/06/20
TI  - An Investigation on People’s Perception of the Otaku Subculture in China
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 2nd International Conference on Mental Health and Humanities Education (ICMHHE 2021）
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 552
EP  - 556
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210617.137
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210617.137
ID  - Dedan2021
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