Course Overview

This course introduces Chinese popular culture and network culture  and explores the younger generation's Chinese proficiency as well as their use of the Chinese language. In this course, popular culture covers popular songs and Chinese movies, while network culture covers such topics as network community and marketing shopping

Course Category

• Chinese culture

Course Level

• Basic

Course Objective

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the development of Chinese pop culture and network culture.

• Have a comprehensive knowledge of popular culture and a basic understanding of each subculture.

• Have a better awareness of the areas of interest to the young people   and interact with them more effectively

• Apply knowledge from the course to communicate effectively and appropriately on different professional and social occasions.

Course Content

The course covers the following topics:

• Pop culture in the Chinese world

• The development of Chinese-language films

• The charm of Chinese songs 

• The virtual world of the ubiquitous internet

• Habits and culture derived from internet usage