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After the New Year's Day holiday, Gu Fanxing and Ling Jiuer began to work on the final editing and writing of the thesis.

After countless days and nights of hard work and unremitting efforts, Gu Fanxing and Ling Jiuer's paper on the influence of virtual idols on teenagers' values was finally completed.

When the last period was struck, the two were so excited that they could hardly contain themselves, and it seemed as if a blazing flame was burning in their hearts.

Gu Fanxing let out a long sigh, his eyes sparkling with joy and pride.

With this excitement and anticipation, they carefully printed out the papers and bound them into books.

With a nervous yet anticipatory mood, they came to their instructor's office and handed the paper, which embodied their hard work and wisdom, to the teacher.

The influence of virtual idols on teenagers’ values

Abstract: This paper focuses on the multi-faceted influence of virtual idols on teenagers' values.

Through in-depth research and actual case analysis, it is revealed that the perfect image of virtual idols can easily lead teenagers to have unrealistic fantasies and reduce their participation in reality, that bad trends in fan groups have a negative impact on teenagers' values, and that the commercial operation model of the virtual idol industry affects teenagers' economic concepts and consumption behaviors.

The article further proposes corresponding coping strategies, aiming to guide young people to establish correct values in the virtual idol cultural environment and promote their healthy growth.

Keywords: virtual idols; adolescent values; fantasy; bad habits; business operations; satisfaction; participation…

Introduction: With the rapid development of information technology and the diversification of the entertainment industry, virtual idols have gradually become an important part of the cultural life of young people.

They attract the attention and love of young people with their unique charm.

However, behind this phenomenon, the influence of virtual idols on young people's values cannot be ignored.

Teenagers are in a critical period of value formation, and the information conveyed and atmosphere created by virtual idols may have a profound impact on their cognition, emotions and behaviors.

Therefore, in-depth exploration of this topic has important practical significance and urgency.

Topic: The influence of virtual idols on young people’s values

Argument 1: The perfect image of virtual idols can easily cause teenagers to have unrealistic fantasies, reducing their satisfaction and participation in reality.

Argument: Student Xiao Ming was once a top student in the school, with top grades and many outstanding achievements in various subject competitions. He also actively participated in cultural and sports activities on campus. He was a good student in the eyes of his teachers and a role model in the hearts of his classmates.

However, everything changed since he became obsessed with a virtual idol.

This virtual idol has impeccable looks, outstanding talent and an enviable life.

Xiao Ming began to immerse himself in the perfect world created by the virtual idol, fantasizing that he could also live such a dreamy life.

He gradually lost his enthusiasm for studies, no longer worked hard on his lessons, did his homework perfunctorily, and was often distracted in class.

He no longer had any interest in the extracurricular activities he once actively participated in, and his grades plummeted.

The girl Xiaohong has always had a beautiful dream of romantic love.

Her mentality changed drastically when she became obsessed with the romantic love story created by a virtual idol.

In real life, she becomes indifferent and ignores the advances of her classmates and normal interpersonal interactions. She always locks herself in the love fantasy woven by her virtual idol, and is unwilling to establish real emotional connections with real people.

Argument: Virtual idols are usually carefully designed and packaged, showing a nearly perfect image and life state.

For teenagers whose minds are not yet mature and who lack sufficient life experience and discernment, this perfect image is extremely attractive and misleading.

It is easy for them to regard the lives of virtual idols as ideal templates, thus developing unrealistic fantasies and over-high expectations.

However, real life is often full of challenges and imperfections, and when reality fails to meet the standards of their fantasies, teenagers feel deeply disappointed and dissatisfied.

This psychological gap will cause them to lose interest and enthusiasm in real life, reduce their participation and enthusiasm in important real-life activities such as academic and social activities, and thus affect their growth and development.

Argument 2: The bad atmosphere among virtual idol fan groups has a negative impact on young people’s values.

Argument: Among the huge fan base of a well-known virtual idol, fans are competing fiercely to help their idol get a higher ranking on various rankings.

Not only do they compete with each other to buy expensive support items, such as limited edition photo albums, customized peripheral products, etc., some teenagers even steal money from their families or obtain funds through improper means to support their idols.

For example, there is a teenager named Xiao Li who secretly took money from his parents' wallets in order to buy limited edition peripheral products of his idol. After being discovered, he still did not repent and thought that this was "loyalty" to his idol.

In addition, there is a phenomenon of malicious attacks on other idols among some fan groups.

Under the influence of this bad atmosphere, some teenagers have learned to use aggressive language and behavior to treat different opinions and preferences.

For example, when Xiaoying saw someone expressing different opinions about her favorite virtual idol on the Internet, she immediately organized other fans to abuse and attack the other party, and even conducted a human flesh search for the other party's personal information. This behavior is not only immoral, but also violates the law.

Argumentation: As a social circle formed by young people gathering around virtual idols, the behavioral norms and value orientation within the fan group have a subtle influence on young people.

When bad habits such as overconsumption, blind comparison and malicious attacks appear in fan groups, teenagers are easily induced and assimilated by these bad behaviors due to their lack of mature judgment and self-control.

They may view these bad behaviors as normal or even worthy of pursuit, thus gradually distorting their own values, losing respect for morality, ethics and the law, and becoming selfish, narrow-minded, impulsive and intolerant, causing serious damage to their physical and mental health and social adaptability.

Argument 3: The business operation model of the virtual idol industry affects the economic concepts and consumption behaviors of young people.

Argument: A virtual idol launched limited edition peripheral products, creating an atmosphere of scarcity and preciousness through carefully planned marketing methods and hunger marketing strategies.

Many young people are misled by this kind of marketing and buy these peripheral products in large quantities regardless of their own financial strength.

For example, in order to buy a limited edition virtual idol figure, Xiao Zhang not only spent all his pocket money, but also borrowed a lot of money from his classmates, resulting in heavy debts.

The tickets for offline events held by some virtual idols are expensive, but young people are willing to spend a lot of money to get close to the idols.

In order to participate in these activities, they may save their usual pocket money or ask their parents for more than reasonable expenses. For example, in order to attend the fan meeting, Xiao Zhao lived frugally for several months and skipped breakfast. In the end, he fell ill and was hospitalized, which affected his health.

Argument: As a business operation model, the core purpose of the virtual idol industry is to pursue profit maximization.

Through cleverly designed marketing methods, such as launching limited edition products and holding events with high-priced tickets, the consumption desire of young people can be stimulated.

However, young people are not yet financially independent and lack mature consumption concepts and financial management capabilities.

When faced with these tempting marketing methods, they often find it difficult to make rational judgments and exercise self-control, and are easily trapped in impulse consumption and overconsumption.

This consumption behavior will not only bring them economic pressure and debt risks, but may also lead them to form wrong economic concepts, such as pursuing vanity, neglecting savings and financial planning, etc., which will have a long-term negative impact on their future economic life and personal development.

The teacher took the paper and began to read it carefully.

In the following days, Gu Fanxing and Ling Jiuer looked forward to the teacher's evaluation and final result with nervousness.