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The current situation and influential factors of bottom-up technology transmission in Chinese rural families

With the rapid development of science and technology and the drastic changes of society, the digital generation gap has a negative impact on intergenerational relationships. To help the older generation integrate into the digital world and narrow the digital generation gap within families, this stud...

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Main Authors: Nan, Wu, Siti Ezaleila Mustafa,
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023
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spelling my-ukm.journal.218532023-07-10T06:34:21Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21853/ The current situation and influential factors of bottom-up technology transmission in Chinese rural families Nan, Wu Siti Ezaleila Mustafa, With the rapid development of science and technology and the drastic changes of society, the digital generation gap has a negative impact on intergenerational relationships. To help the older generation integrate into the digital world and narrow the digital generation gap within families, this study investigated the current situation of three-generation bottom-up technology transmission in Chinese rural families and explored the factors related to this process. Using the questionnaire survey, we surveyed 436 samples of 79 families in China, including 197 grandparents, 122 parents and 117 children. The results show that most of the older generation learn to use WeChat from the younger generation. Although the grandparents’ adoption and use of digital media are significantly lower than those of the parents, they are significantly more receptive to bottomup technology transmission than the parents. Furthermore, bottom-up technology transmission is mainly related to the demographic characteristics, subjective feelings, psychological expectations, degree of interaction and intimacy of family members. The more vulnerable individuals (older, less educated, female, less self-efficacy and more psychological disorders), the more likely they are to receive bottom-up technology transmission. The findings emphasized the important influence of mediated communication and intimacy in bottom-up technology transmission in Chinese rural families. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21853/1/60160%20210079%201%20PB%20The%20Current%20Situation%20and%20Influential%20Factors.pdf Nan, Wu and Siti Ezaleila Mustafa, (2023) The current situation and influential factors of bottom-up technology transmission in Chinese rural families. e-Bangi Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 20 (2). pp. 46-59. ISSN 1823-884x https://ejournal.ukm.my/ebangi/index
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description With the rapid development of science and technology and the drastic changes of society, the digital generation gap has a negative impact on intergenerational relationships. To help the older generation integrate into the digital world and narrow the digital generation gap within families, this study investigated the current situation of three-generation bottom-up technology transmission in Chinese rural families and explored the factors related to this process. Using the questionnaire survey, we surveyed 436 samples of 79 families in China, including 197 grandparents, 122 parents and 117 children. The results show that most of the older generation learn to use WeChat from the younger generation. Although the grandparents’ adoption and use of digital media are significantly lower than those of the parents, they are significantly more receptive to bottomup technology transmission than the parents. Furthermore, bottom-up technology transmission is mainly related to the demographic characteristics, subjective feelings, psychological expectations, degree of interaction and intimacy of family members. The more vulnerable individuals (older, less educated, female, less self-efficacy and more psychological disorders), the more likely they are to receive bottom-up technology transmission. The findings emphasized the important influence of mediated communication and intimacy in bottom-up technology transmission in Chinese rural families.
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title The current situation and influential factors of bottom-up technology transmission in Chinese rural families
title_short The current situation and influential factors of bottom-up technology transmission in Chinese rural families
title_full The current situation and influential factors of bottom-up technology transmission in Chinese rural families
title_fullStr The current situation and influential factors of bottom-up technology transmission in Chinese rural families
title_full_unstemmed The current situation and influential factors of bottom-up technology transmission in Chinese rural families
title_sort current situation and influential factors of bottom-up technology transmission in chinese rural families
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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