International Journal of
Physical Sciences

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Phys. Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1992-1950
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJPS
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2572

Review

A discussion of the Yen-Hsun Lu phenomenon from the aspect of the media and the concept of “Habitus”

Chih-Cheng Huang1, Jye-Shyan Wang2, Chung-Hsing Huang1 and Chen-Yuan Chen3,4,5*
1Physical Educational Office, National Yang-Ming University, No.155, Sec.2, Linong Street, Taipei, 112 Taiwan. 2Department of Physical Education, National Taiwan Normal University, No 162, HePing East Road Section 1, Taipei 10610, Taiwan. 3Department and Graduate School of Computer Science, National Pingtung University of Education, No. 4-18, Ming Shen Rd., Pingtung 90003, Taiwan. 4Department of Information Management, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, 2 Jhuoyue Rd. Nanzih, Kaohsiung 811, Taiwan. 5Global Earth Observation and Data Analysis Center (GEODAC), National Cheng Kung University, No 1, Ta-Hsueh Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan.
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  •  Accepted: 11 December 2011
  •  Published: 02 February 2012

Abstract

Yen-Hsun Lu was in the top 8 of the Wimbledon Championships 2010. He was under the spotlight of the Taiwanese media right away. According to Bourdieu’s Theory of Habitus, the media’s attitude change from being cold to being very concerned was highly related to the habitus in the Taiwanese society and the habitus of the media. From the aspect of the media, they play the intermediate roles to add national colors to the reports on Yen-Hsun Lu. From the aspect of habitus and fans, there are some elements in Yen-Hsun Lu representing his achievements that his fans could agree with. In addition, from the aspect of semiotics with semiotic representamens, Yen-Hsun Lu’s outstanding performance became a product combined with signs to be sold by the media. Lu was combined with the signs of manhood, pride of Taiwan, etc., creating the overt phenomenon of Yen-Hsun Lu phenomenon. This study discusses these issues.

 

Key words: Yen-Hsun Lu, habitus, sign.

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