Role Reversal on Social Media in China: Adultification of Children and Infantilization of Adults

College of Media, Yangtze University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430000, China

^* Corresponding author: zbao6506@uni.sydney.edu.au

Abstract

Along with the development of mobile Internet, people have entered the age of informatization. People’s lives are wrapped up in fragmented information, and the huge volume and redundancy of information easily confuse people in the vortex of the Internet, which may lead to some psychological problems as well as loss of reason and judgment to do something against public order and morals. The development of the Internet has also changed the way of consumption from offline physical consumption to online consumption and then gradually transformed into live shopping. At this good time to web traffic into revenue, many influencers in order to get more eyeballs by any means. This paper mainly explores the role of the Internet to reverse this small branch of behavior, through the form of sampling in the mainstream social media for thesis analysis, to dig deeper into the causes of this phenomenon and the reasons for bringing revenue, while seeking solutions. Finally, it is concluded that the causes of the adultization of children and infantilization of adults on the Internet are closely related to society, families, and individuals.