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Algorithmic Mediation and Reconstruction of Life Symbols: Cognitive Transformation Mechanisms of Micro-Diplomacy in the Digital Age—A Case Study of “TikTok Refugee” and “IShowSpeed’s China Tour”

Authors
Qiyundi Wang1, *
1School of Marxism, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin, 132000, China
*Corresponding author. Email: 1809030119@stu.hrbust.edu.cn
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Qiyundi Wang
Available Online 11 November 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-475-4_140How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Micro-diplomacy; Digital Era; Algorithmic Mediation; Life Symbols; Cognitive Transformation Mechanism
Abstract

Against the background of digital technology reconfiguring the global communication ecology, China faces a persistent and complex discursive dilemma in international communication. The digital migration of Xiaohongshu’s “TikTok Refugee” users and the “IShowSpeed in China” phenomenon exemplify how algorithmically mediated micro-diplomacy facilitates deep and lasting cognitive transformation. The study finds that social platforms form a three-dimensional dynamic coupling of “algorithm-content-audience” through the mechanism of “political desensitization” at the algorithmic level, the reconstruction of the right to produce symbolic meanings of life at the content level, and the cognitive reconstruction mechanism of “emotional precedence” at the audience level, and thus forms a three-dimensional dynamic coupling model of “algorithm-content-audience”. The model breaks through the limitations of traditional soft power theory, reveals the path of folk subjects to realize cross-cultural cognitive penetration through emotionally resonant daily life practices, and provides theoretical references and practical insights for cultural communication strategies in the digital era.

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Proceedings of the 2025 10th International Conference on Modern Management, Education and Social Sciences (MMET 2025)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
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11 November 2025
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978-2-38476-475-4
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2352-5398
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