TY - GEN
T1 - An exploration on long-distance communication between left-behind children and their parents in China
AU - Pan, Lu
AU - Tian, Feng
AU - Lu, Fei
AU - Zhang, Xiaolong
AU - Liu, Ying
AU - Feng, Wenxin
AU - Dai, Guozhong
AU - Wang, Hongan
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In China, hundreds of millions of migrant workers have moved to cities or coastal regions for more or better-paid jobs and have left their children behind at their rural homes. Separated by thousands of kilometers, these "left-behind" children and their migrant parents use mobile phones as their primary-and often only-method of maintaining family connections. To better understand the use of technology in this long-distance communication, we conducted a multi-phased study using interviews and surveys in three different Chinese rural areas. In this paper, we report our findings on how these children communicate with their migrant parents and what information they exchange. We also discuss design implications derived from these findings that may improve communication between left-behind children and their parents.
AB - In China, hundreds of millions of migrant workers have moved to cities or coastal regions for more or better-paid jobs and have left their children behind at their rural homes. Separated by thousands of kilometers, these "left-behind" children and their migrant parents use mobile phones as their primary-and often only-method of maintaining family connections. To better understand the use of technology in this long-distance communication, we conducted a multi-phased study using interviews and surveys in three different Chinese rural areas. In this paper, we report our findings on how these children communicate with their migrant parents and what information they exchange. We also discuss design implications derived from these findings that may improve communication between left-behind children and their parents.
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U2 - 10.1145/2441776.2441906
DO - 10.1145/2441776.2441906
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84874861303
SN - 9781450313315
T3 - Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW
SP - 1147
EP - 1156
BT - CSCW 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
T2 - 2013 2nd ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW 2013
Y2 - 23 February 2013 through 27 February 2013
ER -