Research on the Cross-Cultural Empathetic Communication Pathways and Mechanisms of China's Micro-short Series Going Global under Multimodal AI Empowerment
Abstract
The rise of AIGC technology is changing the production pattern of fantasy micro-drams. Current research mainly uses AIGC as a tool to describe industry phenomena, but they fail to study how AIGC promotes the production of these plays, nor do they pay enough attention to the synergy between technology, creators and production workflows. This research adopts the theory of technical tolerance and deconstructs it into three dimensions: cognitive tolerance, functional tolerance and content tolerance. The analytical framework draws on the established application of ability theory in communication research, and is consistent with the operational characteristics of content creation supported by AIGC. The study believes that the role of AIGC in the production of fantasy micro-dramas constitutes the process of mutual reshaping between human agency and workflow, and the resulting results are the transformation of content value. These findings provide a new perspective for understanding human-artificial intelligence collaborative content creation, and also provide practical suggestions for promoting the fantasy micro-skit industry and cultivating creative talents.
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