| Summary: | 本研究以統一超商公仔代言人OPEN家族成員為觀察對象，分析其商品符號之迷群樣態，並將這樣的迷群現象與源自日本的贈品及可愛文化相連結，說明其消費意涵。
本研究的理論根據為Baudrillard的符號消費理論以及John Fiske關於迷現象的論述。研究發現，OPEN將從最初的贈品形式演變為超商集點活動的贈品主角，並進一步走上獨立品牌的道路。迷群透過不斷地消費OPEN家族這個可愛符號，達至閃躲社會規範的愉悅感以及對美好童年的懷舊想望。她們對於「可愛商品」的喜愛，其重要關鍵便是OPEN家族成員的形貌之為符號，背後所指涉的「嬰兒貌」（infancy）特質。本研究的受訪者之為迷群，展現了典型「迷」的特質，他們藉由在網路上大量貼出自己的蒐藏與OPEN家族成員的合照，作為一種文化資本的累積，為其顯著的迷群樣態。另外，這些迷群也會在網路上積極的貼文、串聯，無論是線上或線下的迷群活動均十分積極。
=== The present study takes mascots of the 7-Eleven convenience stores in Taiwan as the research objects. Through the analysis of the fans characteristics who love the symbols (i.e. the mascots), this research hopes to link the fandom to the “kawaii” and free gift cultures originated from Japan.
This study adopts Baudrillard’s symbolic consumption and John Fiske’s fans theories to interpret this fandom culture prominent in Taiwan. It reveals that products of the “OPEN-jiang Family,” created by 7-Eleven convenience store, emerged originally as free gifts but gradually transform themselves to paid and even collected items as they garner more support from the zealous consumers. Through continuous consuming behaviors on these merchandises with “kawaii”characters, fans are able to escape social norms that discourage adults to act like mascot-loving children. Fans interviewed said that their love for OPEN-jiang, resulted from their consuming behaviors, help them to regain fabulous childhood memories and pleasure. The key concept behind these “kawaii” symbolic consumptions is “child-like infancy. “In addition, through the sharing of a large quantity of photos on their collections, fans treat the behavior of such capital accumulation as their main goal in fans’ life. They also actively communicate and interact with each other, both online and offline, sharing a feeling of camaraderie in the fan community.
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