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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
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PREFACEHow to Help the Digital Poor in China
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ignificant revolutions of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have been creating a brand-new ubiquitous digital era, and broadening new dimensions for social structure.
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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.
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LITERATURE REVIEWHow to Help the Digital Poor in China
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• If interested, contacted with me by 15522439538 or [email protected]
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RESEARCH DESIGN
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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
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Methods: data analysis
• Descriptive statistics• Regression statistics• Comparative analysis• Case analysis• Ethnographic futures analysis• Content analysis
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FINDINGS
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WHO’RE THE DIGITAL POOR IN CHINA?
Findings
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Findings-1
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Findings-2
• Material poor communities• Digital-Illiterate communities• Weakly/un-motivated communities
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Findings-3
• Rural Communities• Seniors• Laid-off workers
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Rural Communities-1
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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.
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Rural Communities-3
• Seniors in rural areas generally don’t access to ICT and the Internet.
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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.
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Rural Communities-4
• No successful case of ICT application in rural community appears in YANCUN community
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Seniors-1
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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.
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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)
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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.
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Seniors-5
• Only one of them has ever used computer
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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;
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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.
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Seniors-6
• Site visit: NANZHUANG Community located YangQuan of Shanxi Province
• Those over 40 years old occasionally even seldom access and use ICTs.
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Seniors-7
• Site visit: YUEYAHE BEILI Community in Hebei District of Tianjin
• Senior groups rarely have experiences in ICT, far lagged behind other groups
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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)
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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.
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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)
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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.
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INDEPENDENT VARIABLES OF THE DIGITAL POOR IN CHINA
Findings
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Digital Consciousness
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Critical Digital Behavior
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2035 SCENARIOS OF CHINA INFORMATION SOCIETY
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Findings
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传统公益信息组织 数字贫困社群 新兴公益组织
乐观前景
平等免费的 ICT接入机会
普遍的数字化信息素养
丰富的数字化生活
平等的数字化就业机会
贫困社群受惠于网络经济
公益信息事业壮大
乐观前景
泛在公益信息服务体系建成
中国数字贫困社群将消失
数字化生活将极其丰富
智能互联网与知识检索实现
信息共享程度将非常高
网络信用和安全制度健全
乐观前景
泛在网络社会建成
信息社会全面覆盖到农村
尊重知识产权的社会氛围
城市化程度应该很高
乡村公益信息组织成为自由
信息空间
悲观前景
网络负面影响扩散
贫困社群生活无法数字化
就业前景不理想不明朗
无法控制自然环境灾难
悲观前景
网络负面影响扩散
信息社会两极分化更加严重
互联网络使用成本非常高
公益信息服务机构畸形发展
悲观前景
网络负面影响扩散
信息社会两极分化更加严重
农村等地成为另一个非洲
公益信息服务机构生存困难
极可能出现的前景
平等免费 ICT接入机会增加
信息素养普及到大部分人
公益信息事业发达
极可能出现的前景
泛在公益信息服务发达
数字贫困社群的关注度加大
网络安全问题严重
极可能出现的前景
无法预测,受限现实因素
更加丰富的数字化生活机遇
公益信息机构逐步壮大
Optimistic scenarios-1
• future society will absolutely offer equal and free-of-charge opportunities to ICT;
• every citizen will be equipped with basic and sustainable information literacy;
• colorful digital lives will bring digital poor community members “extra welfare”;
• future information society will create sufficient digital jobs for digital poor communities;
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• network economy will increase their earnings;
• non-profit organizations (NPO) specialized in community ICT applications will be strong enough to help the digital poor communities in China to move up to digital middle classes and even the digital rich
Optimistic scenarios-2
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• negative impacts of the Internet expand without effective controls;
• divide between the digital poor and the digital rich become broader;
• the problem of employment get worse with economic breakdown;
• digital poor communities couldn’t enjoy colorful life of digital society.
Pessimistic scenarios
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• there will be more equal and free-of-charge ICT access opportunities, either in public sectors or non-profit sectors;
• digital literacy become popularized among citizens especially digital poor community members;
• the Internet would become more reliable;
• NPO in information sector would become stronger power .
The most probable scenarios
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CONCLUSIONS
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How to Help the Digital Poor in China
Digital poor communities in current China are indeed the shadows of social classes at the bottom of the pre-digital social stratification. More institutional improvements should be made to not-for-profit information services to achieve a ubiquitous networked society in an all-round way.
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QUESTIONS /COMMENTS
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