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How to Help the Digital Poor in China

How to Help the Digital Poor in China. Report on my Ph.D. dissertation Hui Yan, Ph.D. Nankai University. Outline. Preface Literature Review Research Design Findings Conclusions. How to Help the Digital Poor in China. PREFACE. S.

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How to Help the Digital Poor in China

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  1. How to Help the Digital Poor in China Report on my Ph.D. dissertation Hui Yan, Ph.D. Nankai University

  2. Outline • Preface • Literature Review • Research Design • Findings • Conclusions HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  3. How to Help the Digital Poor in China PREFACE HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

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  5. S ignificant revolutions of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have been creating a brand-new ubiquitous digital era, and broadening new dimensions for social structure. HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  6. The research aims to collect empirical data on digital inequality phenomena in China society, especially recognize the typical digital poor communities and provide first-hand experiences for establishing information institution for the disadvantaged communities. HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

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  11. How to Help the Digital Poor in China LITERATURE REVIEW HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  12. If interested, contacted with me by15522439538 or hyanpku@gmail.com HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  13. How to Help the Digital Poor in China RESEARCH DESIGN HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

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  15. Methods: data collection • Focus groups 45 interviewees from 4 communities in Yangquan(Shanxi), Beijing, Tianjin • Ethnographic Futures Research 10 interviewees • Second-hand statistics data CNNIC/Chinese Family Panel Studies (CFPS) • Online survey & Questionnaire, Involved observation HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  16. Methods: data analysis • Descriptive statistics • Regression statistics • Comparative analysis • Case analysis • Ethnographic futures analysis • Content analysis HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  17. How to Help the Digital Poor in China FINDINGS HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  18. Findings WHO’RE THE DIGITAL POOR IN CHINA? HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  19. Findings-1 HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  20. Findings-2 • Material poor communities • Digital-Illiterate communities • Weakly/un-motivated communities HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  21. Findings-3 • Rural Communities • Seniors • Laid-off workers HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  22. Rural Communities-1 HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

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  26. Rural Communities-2 • Whether or not rural households decide to acquire ICT devices like computers and cell phones and get connected to the Internet depends on whether or not they have school-age children and their needs of study and recreation. HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  27. Rural Communities-3 • Seniors in rural areas generally don’t access to ICT and the Internet. HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  28. Rural Communities-3 • There’s no non-profit or profit public technology center in YANCUN community, including cyber bars, community technology center (CTC), and free computers in public library. HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  29. Rural Communities-4 • No successful case of ICT application in rural community appears in YANCUN community HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  30. Seniors-1 HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  31. Seniors-2 China has already come into aging society at the beginning of the new century. It’s reported by the People’s Daily that senior population accounts for 12% (160 million) of China society by the end of 2009. HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  32. Seniors-3 • Seniors over 60 years old make up 16.79% of the whole sample in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong (1211 of 7212); and furthermore 93.97% (1138) of the interviewees in this senior community belong to non-netizens (CFPS 2008) HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  33. Seniors-4 • Site visit: Huangzhuang Community in Haidian District of Beijing • Family members of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) employees especially experts account for main body of the community members. 2 of the 16 interviewees from this community are between 50-60, others over 60. HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

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  35. Seniors-5 • Only one of them has ever used computer HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  36. Reasons of no access-1 • not living with their children, therefore no computer to access at home; • too expensive to own computer and Internet services; • eyesight affected by aging, and no ability to read words and pictures online; HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  37. Reasons of no access-2 • mastering no knowledge and skills about ICT especially computers and the Internet; • no intention or motivation to access to ICT; • only individual senior residents needing technical support. HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  38. Seniors-6 • Site visit: NANZHUANG Community located YangQuan of Shanxi Province • Those over 40 years old occasionally even seldom access and use ICTs. HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

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  42. Seniors-7 • Site visit: YUEYAHE BEILI Community in Hebei District of Tianjin • Senior groups rarely have experiences in ICT, far lagged behind other groups HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

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  44. Laid-off workers-1 Data source: NBSC, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MHRSS). Figure 2. Changing trend of the registered laid-off workers ratio in urban China (1991-2008) HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  45. Laid-off workers-2 • Site visit: YUEYAHE BEILI Community in Tianjin • There exist 485 workers who have been sacked from state-owned enterprises and account for 7.32% of the community residents. HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  46. Laid-off workers-3 “When Community Residents Committee recruited workers for the laboring security, I got the big chance to be interviewed. They asked me whether or not I could use computers. I replied that I can only start it. I began my new job only after primary training of computer knowledge. Although computer is my working tool, I hate surf the Internet, especially the online gaming. I NEVER use computer at home. Even though my daughter wishes to teach me more skills in computer, I always refuses her request. ” (The interviewee C) HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  47. Laid-off workers-4 • “I even forget Chinese Pinyin, how could I type correctly and play Chinese Chess by myself ?” (The interviewee A) • The interviewee B seems like lack of basic impulse, interest, or knowledge about ICT, therefore keeps silent during the focus group. HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  48. Findings INDEPENDENT VARIABLES OF THE DIGITAL POOR IN CHINA HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  49. Digital Consciousness E为受教育水平，I为收入，S为社会地位感知，T为上网时间与工作日休闲时间之比，A为年龄。 HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

  50. Critical Digital Behavior E为受教育水平，I为收入，A为年龄。 HuiYan@CISSPKU2011

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