Internet technology has turned the world into a real global village. Even if you are far away, you can communicate instantly through the internet. Internet has changed the way of poetry communication, promoted the formation of circles, and made it extremely easy to form associations. The development and prosperity of poetry cannot be separated from circles. Why do the children in Grand View Garden in A Dream of Red Mansions think of singing poems? It is precisely because of the poetry club that there is a circle of exchange and discussion. It is difficult for a person to stick to his own creation when he is isolated from the world. Poetry creation can last for a long time if mutual friends communicate with each other. In the pre-network era, if poetry lovers did not join the Chinese Poetry Society, it would be difficult to have opportunities for communication. The internet has completely changed this state. Internet means global village and round table. Internet brings together individual poetry lovers scattered all over the world. In the pre-network era, due to geographical isolation, poetry lovers often exist as individuals and it is difficult to form groups. The internet age is completely different. A single poet's works published on the Internet are easily read and collided by other single poets. A single poet, like a star, scattered in every corner of the universe. Internet technology can easily link each star together, thus forming constellations, nebulae and galaxies in an instant. A star is so lonely, and the whole starry sky is so gorgeous and rich. Internet technology provides great convenience for poetry lovers to find the same hobby. Internet technology has changed the way poets communicate, so that poets no longer exist as individuals, but as groups. The form of the Internet suddenly makes people feel that the contemporary poetry circle is a huge group.
Internet technology has greatly reduced the cost of poets' association and poetry publishing. The media revolution brought by internet technology is the network electronic announcement system (BBS system). Anyone can express their opinions on the Internet and interact with others instantly. For poets, as long as they have a computer and a network cable, they can publish their works online. This is undoubtedly a revolution. In the era of paper media, the cost of poetry publishing and criticism is too high. If a poet wants to publish his own works, he needs to contribute to relevant magazines. Whether it can be published depends on the editor's preference. The publishing cycle of poetry works is too long to be published easily. Internet technology has completely changed this phenomenon. In the Internet age, poets are no longer at the mercy of editors. As long as there is a willingness to publish, poets can publish their own works anytime and anywhere.
Another advantage of BBS system is interactivity, which is instantaneous. By using BBS system, poets can publish their works at almost zero cost, and it is easy to get feedback from readers. Any reader can reply to the work immediately in the form of a post. Because the users of BBS system are in a quasi-anonymous state, the comments in the network age may not be as thoughtful as those in the paper age, but they are often more flexible and less melodramatic. This is undoubtedly good news for poets. Because poetry is marginalized in the contemporary literary world, it is difficult for poetry works to enter the market circulation, and poetry creation is almost doomed because of the loss of audience. Any author needs readers. Without readers' * *, poetry creation will soon fail. Internet technology has brought zero-distance and instant interaction between poets and readers. The reader's singing is the best motivation for the poet. Internet makes the interaction between readers and poets instantly blowout.
BBS system also has incomparable advantages in publicity. The potential of online media is immeasurable, which is unmatched by paper media with large circulation. A poet's work, published in China Poetry magazine, can only be seen by tens of thousands of readers at most; If published on BBS system, millions of readers may see it. Authors always hope that their works can be read by as many readers as possible.
The breakthrough of online media in publicity and interaction has brought magical vitality to online poetry. The convenience of publication and timely feedback greatly stimulated the creativity of online poets. Online poetry has unparalleled popularity. Internet technology makes online poetry appear as a group image overnight.
In the era of paper media, magazine editors have supreme authority, and they publish the complete works of life and death. This makes it a privilege to publish poetry. Before the formation of online poetry, poetry magazines were in the hands of the poetry club system without exception. The members of poetry societies at all levels in China are mainly veteran cadres. This has led to the prevalence of "old-style poetry" with a single style and low artistic level. The emergence of online poetry in an open and pluralistic state is conducive to the spontaneous formation of different schools and styles and brings new ideas to contemporary poetry creation. This makes "network poetry" a poetic concept in the field of literary history research. The connotation of "network poetry" is not limited to the media form of network, but a poetic phenomenon, a poetic concept and a poetic group. Network poets are a new generation of young poets, as opposed to middle-aged and old-aged poets who become famous by semi-official media such as Poems of China. At the age level, the post-70s are the axis, including post-60s and post-80s. In terms of aesthetic style, they are at odds with "veteran cadres". Stimulated by Internet technology, a new generation of poets and new poetry styles came into being. Internet technology is of epoch-making significance to contemporary poetry creation.
From a social point of view, the popularization of Internet technology is conducive to the improvement of civic awareness. The popularity of "blog style" in the contemporary era reflects the call of the times for public intellectuals and the unprecedented rise of the public's willingness to participate in the discussion of state affairs, which is closely related to the traditional China spirit of "the rise and fall of the world, and it is also in line with the literary tradition of" expressing ambition with poetry ". The spirit of the times endows online poetry with a sense of mission, and also makes it easier for online poetry to reach a certain depth and height.