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Mobile Internet To Fill The Digital Divide Between Our Groups Empirical Study

Posted on:2011-07-13Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X J MaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2189360308963564Subject:Communication
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Information for the digital age more quickly, but not everyone can take full advantage of information resources. "Knowledge gap" still exists, in the social performance of electronic media as a "Digital divide." From the classical theory of communication "knowledge gap" to start on the development of the information age and status of the digital divide has combed, and contact the current situation, focus on the digital divide in our country the status of populations. New media era of the digital divide, it is possible with the rapid development of information technology, and the audience of individual and cultural level, income, life experiences and individual differences such as the trend of expansion.In this context, the mobile Internet terminal with its own characteristics and transmission advantages, to fill the digital divide between our groups effect of the unique advantages. As an extension of the traditional Internet, the information will be carrying mobile phones from simple communication tool evolved into the dissemination of information people receive information and even the personal terminal. Compared with the computer network, the portable mobile, multi-directional communication features, to receive more accurate and personalized information. In the information society, vulnerable groups not only in terms of economic and social status in a weak position, more serious is the "information disadvantaged." With the changing media environment, and the groups themselves, the new characteristics, to fill the digital divide groups of mobile internet can look forward to.This paper describes the theory and technical background. Including the status of China's digital divide, mobile Internet, the development process, the group characteristics of the digital divide, on this basis to represent urban migrant workers groups, focus on the digital divide between our groups. The second part discusses the mobile Internet to bridge the digital divide may be significant, and put forward the hypothesis. The third part is the vulnerable groups, the empirical study using the mobile Internet. The survey questionnaire used to study the city as migrant workers, vulnerable groups trying to use an objective understanding of the status of mobile Internet, mobile internet Analysis of the effect of bridging the digital divide. The last part of the paper presented the use of vulnerable groups of the main problems mobile Internet, and mobile Internet to bridge the digital divide effect was carried out, make feasible suggestions and vision.
Keywords/Search Tags:mobile Internet, mobile media, digital divide, disadvantaged groups
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