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Online information grounds by urban newcomers in China
Author(s) -
Sun Honglei Lia,
Wang Meng,
Zheng Jianming,
Li Yang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
proceedings of the association for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.193
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 2373-9231
DOI - 10.1002/pra2.395
Subject(s) - china , population , resource (disambiguation) , task (project management) , information resource , geography , computer science , sociology , engineering , knowledge management , demography , computer network , systems engineering , archaeology
Nowadays, many Chinese cities have experienced “population inversion,” migrants have become the majority population of some Chinese cities. To gain insights into the urban newcomers' online information ground (OIG) in China, we interviewed 10 urban newcomers in China though Wechat (an instant messaging service) and employed content analysis to analyze what are the characteristics of Chinese urban newcomers' OIG. The preliminary findings show that the online task‐forced group is an extension of information ground; OIG becomes the main information resource for urban newcomers and helps them settle down quickly; OIG is relatively temporary.