鼓励、阻抑与共进:老年人居家使用陪伴机器人的内层社会支持

申琦, 关心怡

国际新闻界 ›› 2025, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (2) : 6-26.

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鼓励、阻抑与共进:老年人居家使用陪伴机器人的内层社会支持

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Encouragement, Discouragement and Co-progression: Inner Social Support for Home Use of Companion Robots by Aging People

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高龄少子化国情下,以陪伴机器人为代表的智慧养老产品与服务正走进我国家庭。想要陪伴机器人更好地服务老人,来自家人的内层社会支持十分重要。通过9个月的参与式观察与四阶段深度访谈,研究发现,我国老年人使用陪伴机器人获得的来自子孙、配偶的内层社会支持主要体现为工具支持、信息支持和情感支持。其中代际支持呈现出“不支持—有限支持—适度支持—过度支持”的动态、交织过程;老年人也会对子孙代使用机器人提供反向支持;配偶支持以情感支持为主,男性老年人较少支持女性伴侣使用陪伴机器人,而女性老年人更依赖配偶的支持;作为“他者”的陪伴机器人在家庭中更像是一个联结老年人社会关系的中介,而非人机传播中的陪伴者。

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Under the national situation of aging and childlessness, intelligent elderly care products and services represented by companion robots are coming into families. For companion robots to better serve the elderly, inner social support from the family is important. Through 9-month participant observation and 4-stage in-depth interviews, the study found that the inner social support from children, grandchildren, and spouses in the family that aging people get from using companion robots is mainly reflected in instrumental, informational, and emotional support. Intergenerational support shows a dynamic and intertwined process of “nonsupport-limited support-moderate support-excessive support”. Aging people also generate reverse support for their children and grandchildren. Spousal support is predominantly emotional, and male older adults are less likely to support their female partners, while female older adults are more dependent on spousal support. The companion robot is more of a mediator in the family that connects aging people than a companion in human-robot communication.

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社会支持 / 老年人 / 陪伴机器人 / 人机传播

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Social support / aging people / companion robot / human machine communication

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申琦, 关心怡. 鼓励、阻抑与共进:老年人居家使用陪伴机器人的内层社会支持[J]. 国际新闻界. 2025, 47(2): 6-26
SHEN Qi, GUAN Xinyi. Encouragement, Discouragement and Co-progression: Inner Social Support for Home Use of Companion Robots by Aging People[J]. Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication. 2025, 47(2): 6-26

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基金

国家社科基金一般项目“新时代我国老年人陪伴机器人使用与智慧养老路径研究”(22BXW074)

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