Recognizing the Digital Poor Communities in China Proof from a Three-Cities Field Study Proof from a Three-Cities Field Study

摘要：

This paper reports the research findings of a field study which aims to collect empirical data on digital inequality in communities especially the digital poor communities in China. One digital social stratification model is structured to describe the different social classes in digital society;Then through second-hand data analysis, focus groups and Ethnographic Futures Research (EFR), main digital poor communities in Beijing, Tianjin and Yangquan of Shanxi Province are recognized. Rural communities, seniors and the laid-off workers from state-owned enterprises are analyzed in the name of the digital poor communities. The interviewees from these communities also predict the 2035 scenarios of China information society. Some implications for information policy are finally proposed.

关键词： Community informatics the digital poor communities digital inequality social stratification China. P.R.

作者: Hui Yan Maosheng Lai

作者单位: Dept. of Information Resources Management, Business School, Nankai University,Tianjin,China P.R.Dept Dept. of Information Resources Management, Business School, Nankai University, Tianjin, China P.R.De

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: The 5th International Conference on Cooperation and Promotion of Information Resources in Science and Technology(第五届科技信息资源共享促进国际会议COINFO10)

会议地点: 北京

会议语种:英文

页码: 207-213

在线出版日期: 2010-11-27（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）