A ‘field transformation and social integration’: Settlement information practices of relocated ethnic minorities with small populations in poverty-alleviation areas of Yunnan, China

IF 1.8 4区管理学 Q3 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Journal of Information Science Pub Date : 2024-03-04 DOI:10.1177/01655515241228224

Ming Zhu, Han Su, Longxiao Niu

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Abstract

This study investigates the settlement information practices of ethnic minorities with small populations (EMSPs) who were relocated to poverty-alleviation areas in Yunnan, China. Data were gathered using interviews and surveys. A face-to-face survey was administered to 126 and 147 EMSPs before and after relocation, respectively, focusing on their information needs, acquisition, and sharing. In addition, in-depth interviews were conducted with 16 relocated EMSP participants to identify the factors influencing their settlement information practices. This study’s findings showed that ethnic characteristics, spatial reconstruction and social inclusion were the primary factors affecting the context of changing living spaces and social communication relationships. Furthermore, the results contribute to a conceptual framework for the settlement information practices of EMSPs and provide valuable insights for research on settlement information practices of newcomer populations across cultures and ethnicities.

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田野转换与社会融合"：中国云南扶贫地区人口较少民族搬迁安置信息实践

本研究调查了中国云南扶贫搬迁地区人口较少民族（EMSPs）的定居信息实践。研究采用访谈和调查的方式收集数据。在搬迁前和搬迁后，分别对 126 名和 147 名搬迁户进行了面对面的调查，重点调查他们的信息需求、获取和共享情况。此外，研究人员还对 16 名搬迁后的少数民族移民进行了深入访谈，以确定影响他们定居信息实践的因素。研究结果表明，民族特征、空间重建和社会包容是影响生活空间和社会交流关系变化的主要因素。此外，研究结果还为少数族裔移民的定居信息实践提供了一个概念框架，并为跨文化、跨种族的新移民定居信息实践研究提供了有价值的见解。

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Journal of Information Science 工程技术-计算机：信息系统

CiteScore

6.80

自引率

8.30%

发文量

121

审稿时长

4 months

期刊介绍： The Journal of Information Science is a peer-reviewed international journal of high repute covering topics of interest to all those researching and working in the sciences of information and knowledge management. The Editors welcome material on any aspect of information science theory, policy, application or practice that will advance thinking in the field.