Study on the Microstructure of Migrant Workers’ Interpersonal Communication Networks: A Whole Social Network Perspective

TAO Jianjie

Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2015, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (8) : 105-123.

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Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2015, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (8) : 105-123.

Study on the Microstructure of Migrant Workers’ Interpersonal Communication Networks: A Whole Social Network Perspective

  • Tao Jianjie is an associate professor in the department of Journalism & Communication of Shanghai University. Email: taojj78@163.com.
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Abstract

In this paper, the microstructure of migrant worker’s interpersonal communication networks and the opinion leaders’ characteristics are analyzed from the indicators such as centrality, scale-free characteristics, structural holes by social network analysis. It shows that there are differences between migrant worker’s interpersonal communication networks in different information contents. Individual occupies different positions under different circumstances of interpersonal communication network. Node degree of the network is power- law distribution, with many structural holes in the network. The opinion leaders of migrant workers, with the characteristics of horizontal, singular, active and cohesive, occupy an important position to improve information dissemination.

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migrant workers / interpersonal communication structure / microstructure / structural holes / opinion leaders

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TAO Jianjie. Study on the Microstructure of Migrant Workers’ Interpersonal Communication Networks: A Whole Social Network Perspective[J]. Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication. 2015, 37(8): 105-123

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This paper is a part of the National Social Science Fund Research Program “the Information Needs Hierarchy and Communication Mechanism of the New Generation Migrant Workers”(10CXW030).in 2015.
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