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来源

CITIES,Vol.79,P.37-44

语言

英文

关键字

Information and communication technologies; Social network; Urban transformation, China; FACE-TO-FACE; NEIGHBORHOODS; INTERNET; COMMUNITIES; GUANGZHOU; MIGRANTS; BEHAVIOR; SUPPORT; MATTER; GUANXI

作者单位

[Wang, Bo; Loo, Becky P. Y.] Univ Hong Kong, Dept Geog, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. [Zhen, Feng] Nanjing Univ, Sch Architecture & Urban Planning, Room 618,Wenke Bldg, Nanjing, Jiangsu, Peoples R China. [Loo, Becky P. Y.] HKU Shenzhen Inst Res & Innovat HKU SIRI, Shenzhen, Peoples R China. Zhen, F (reprint author), Nanjing Univ, Sch Architecture & Urban Planning, Room 618,Wenke Bldg, Nanjing, Jiangsu, Peoples R China. E-Mail: zhengfeng@nju.edu.cn

摘要

Highly advanced information and communication technologies have reshaped the common ways urban residents interact with each other. With the widespread use of online social networking websites, research interest in the evolving spatial concepts (such as distance) in new digital age has grown exponentially. Data collected by Sina microbloggers from adult residents in Nanjing, China reveal that urban residents not only are more likely to build relationships with local and acquaintance users but also to interact with them more frequently. In other words, spatial and relational distances that play important roles in traditional Chinese social networks also exist in contemporary online social networks. Furthermore, our regression analysis reveals how the roles of spatial and relational distances in the online social networks of urban residents relate to the context of urban transformation in contemporary China. The findings contribute to a more in-depth understanding of the effects of informatisation and urban transformation on the social networks of urban residents.