A Study of Douban Group Members' Behavior Based on Interactive Ritual Chains——The Peer Pressure Research Center as an example

Abstract

The development of online communities provides a space for youth groups with similar interests to communicate and gain positive emotions from them. This paper uses Collins' interactive ritual chain as a theoretical perspective, and takes the "Peer Pressure Research Center" as a representative of Douban group to explore the formation and results of interactive rituals in the group by using participant observation. The study further considers how young people can express themselves and share emotions in online communities to alleviate negative emotions, obtain positive feelings, and reconstruct their self-perception.