Migrant Workers' Interpersonal Contact Activities: Status, Problems And Prospects

Using depth interviews and non-participatory observation method, this thesis studied the Interpersonal Communication of migrant workers. In this study, the author divided the migrant workers' interpersonal communication into three stages: the contact in the rural areas, in urban and the contact in the process of flowing between rural areas and urban areas. At each stage, the author analyses the contact form, contact content and contact-affecting factors. On this basis, the author put forwards the difficulties and disadvantages in migrant workers' contact activities. In the end, the author concluded these drawbacks, and gave the methods of solving the existing problems from the standpoint of the mass communication..The research shows that the contact activities between the farmers in the rural areas are shifting from traditional forms to modern forms. The contact form and content have changed; the most obvious point is that the primacy of the interests is accepted by more and more people. And when the individual's contact activities involves into public relations, it produced a new shelter. We also point out that the mass media have an impact on the farmers' contact activities in all fields. Comparing with mass media, interpersonal contacts have a direct impact on the choice of city and job, and the Opinion leader's idea is important, at the same time there are also opportunistic and the shortcomings of blindness, and need to be guided. In cities, the migrant workers' contact activities can be divided into interpersonal contacts between migrant workers and interpersonal contacts between migrant workers and townspeople. The intensity of relationship, personal qualities, the principle of interests, industry characteristics and other factors have varying degrees of effect on their contact with others. And in the exchanges of different groups of people, the migrant workers adopted what we call "identity switch operation" strategy. Migrant workers want to integrate into the city actively but can hardly be accepted by the city , the distance between them is getting wider and wider. Due to unequal treatment, various social contradictions even crime have broken out.Finally, from the standpoint of mass media, 1 method to resolve the plight of migrant workers' interpersonal contact was given: ideologically attaching great importance to agricultural communication, adhering to the socialist mainstream values, and integrating Confucian culture and mass media .In policy factor, grassroots-level media should follow correct Publicity policy, and the government should support farmers both in finance and agricultural science and technology. As to concrete measures, the grass-roots government should guide Opinion leaders and capable people, so that they can play a more effective intermediary role in mass media .