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Community Informatics in Chongqing: A Case Study of the Real-Name and ID Requirement Policy in the Chinese Railway System

Huo, Ran; Wei, Qunyi

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/46105

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Title
Community Informatics in Chongqing: A Case Study of the Real-Name and ID Requirement Policy in the Chinese Railway System
Author(s)
  • Huo, Ran
  • Wei, Qunyi
Issue Date
2013
Keyword(s)
  • Community informatics
  • China
  • Chongqing
  • Digital divide
  • Identification policy
Abstract
This study discusses strategies for narrowing the digital divide by examining the real-name and ID requirement policy that governs online purchases of train tickets in China. Using a case study, the authors of this study asks what factors influence online ticket purchasing by railway passengers and examines how Chinese public libraries offer online ticket-purchasing assistance as a strategy for bridging the digital divide. Deploying both quantitative and qualitative methods—including questionnaires and semistructured interviews— the authors found that four factors—gender, age, social status, and privacy concerns—were most important in influencing passengers’ online ticket purchasing, and that Chinese public libraries do facilitate access to the digital world.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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Library Trends 62 (1) Summer 2013: Community Informatics in China PRIMARY
Library Trends 62 (1) Summer 2013: Community Informatics in China. Edited by Kate Williams