The Shimmer of Memory: The Autobiographical Writing of the Memory of Postgraduate Entrance Examination in the Social Media Space

Abstract

With the help of special text structure and communication mechanism, Exam Memories in social media space has become an autobiographical memory text of online collaboration, recording the realistic situation and collective mentality of contemporary youth, and reflecting the subject emotion and the deep structure of citizens' life. From the perspective of memory practicing, this study conducts a case study on the postgraduate entrance examination of TikTok and Zhihu youth as the basic materials, and discuss students how to use social media to construct the collective memory of the postgraduate entrance examination. The study found that autobiographical writing in the social media space makes up for the mainstream discourse and reflects the unspeakable dilemma of unsuccessful candidates.