【作者】 陈科磊；

【导师】 魏明；

【作者基本信息】 上海外国语大学 ， 英语语言文学， 2010， 硕士

【摘要】 现代化问题一直是众多学科研究的一个热门话题。目前现代化问题的研究过多地侧重社会层面的现代化及现代性,而常常忽略了对于个人现代性问题的关注。迄今为止,个人现代性的问题在我国的研究不受重视,虽然有一些学者对此进行了研究,但大多是侧重于青少年学生群体。本文试图从社会心理学角度来研究农民工这一特殊群体在乡村走到城市这种跨文化适应中所体现出的现代性。本研究结合美国社会学家英克尔斯的《总体现代性量表》及台湾心理学家杨国枢的《多元传统性与现代性量表》,对在上海、宁波、郑州三个城市的330位农民工进行问卷调查,对农民工现代性的构成进行因子分析和回归分析,具体地描述当前农民工个人现代性的程度,分析促成农民工现代性的各种因素,并考察这种现代性对农民工自身及社会带来的结果。研究者还展开了后续的采访来深入解答几大促成因素对个人现代性的影响。研究者将现代性分为11个维度,每个维度上采用了3-5个问题,共40个问题,在每个维度上都对农民工的传统或现代取向做了分析。因子分析证明40个问题下确实存在一个整体的个人现代性特征组。数据显示当代中国农民工在信度较高的8个维度上上均取得了较高的现代性分值。研究者认为中国当代农民工整体上已经呈现了较高的现代性,具体体现在:注重男女平等;重视教育,追求经济上的富足;具有强烈的个人效能感,相信个人能力;乐于接受新的生活经验,新的思想观念及行为方式;重视计划,具有较强的时间观念,着眼与现在和未来;尊重他人;对未来充满乐观;强调个人自由。研究者采用了7个独立变量来分析农民工现代性促成因素。回归分析表明促成农民工现代性的因素里中“父亲所受教育”、“年龄”的影响较为突出,而数据并没有说明现代性的几个重大促成因素“个人教育程度”、“流动经历”、“工厂经历”及“大众传媒”对现代性的影响。而对5位农民工的后续采访中,研究者发现这些因素对个人现代性的发展起着不可或缺的推进作用。个人现代性的发展帮助农民工更好地适应城市里的生活,打破了城乡之间的隔离状态,促进了新的思想与事物在城乡之间的流动,给中国农村的经济发展带来积极的影响。最后,研究者对今后中国人的个人现代性研究进行了展望并在研究方法和研究方向上提出了新的建议和意见。作者认为,农民工挣扎在社会和城市的边缘,他们需要经历一个艰难的磨合过程来建立起一种新的价值体系来更好地适应城市和乡村的生活。相关社会人士需要关注他们所体现出的现代性,对他们做出正确的引导,让他们更好地适应高度现代化的城市生活。更多还原

【Abstract】 The concept of modernity has always been one of the central themes in social analysis. There are basically two approaches to the study of modernization. The first perspective examines the relatively traditional status of the society and the transformative processes and focuses on patterns of social organization. The second perspective studies the cultural values, beliefs and psychological orientations of the individuals. In China, the study of individual modernity is largely neglected. Among the very few studies carried out by Chinese scholars, almost all of them are focused on teenagers. The present study is an attempt to explore the individual modernity of Chinese migrant workers. Working and living in a highly urbanized and industrialized city involves a continuous process of inter-group communication, intra-cultural adaptation, and building a new identity through weighing and evaluating the traditional and modern values, attitudes and behavioral orientations. All these are important components of contemporary research of intercultural communication.Based on American sociologist Alex Inkeles’Overall Modernity Scale and Chinese psychologist K.S. Yang’s Multi-dimensional modernity scale, the author constructed a questionnaire and administered it among 330 migrant workers in three highly developed cities—Shanghai, Ningbo and Zhengzhou. Using explorative factor analysis and regression analysis, the author attempted to explore multiple dimensions of modernity of Chinese migrant workers, and to explain the causes and consequences of modernity. Follow-up interviews were conducted to further examine the hypothetical causes.Statistical results suggested that migrant workers are generally modern on all the eight dimensions classified“a priori”. They (1) play a more egalitarian role in their social and personal life; (2) place a high value on education and strive for economic success; (3) believe that one can exert considerable control over his environment and advance his goals; (4) welcome change and are more disposed to accept new ideas, new ways of feeling and acting; (5) believe in the advantages of planning and are more oriented to the present and the future than to the past; (6) respect for the dignity of others; (7) are optimistic about the development and future of things and believe in the goodness of people; and (8) emphasize freedom of actions. Statistics also indicated that father’s education and age played the most significant role shaping the modernity of migrant workers. Follow-up interviews indicated that migrant workers’education, the migration and urban experiences, industrial experiences, and media exposure were all major determinants of individual modernity. In terms of consequences and significance, development of individual modernity of Chinese migrant workers have brought economic and structural development to rural China and have helped them better adapt to the city.Implications of the present study for individual modernity studies are noted and directions for future research are also proposed at the end of the thesis. The author’s main argument is that migrant workers have to go through a rough time adapting themselves to the urbanized areas, and constructing a new identity that could allow them to live a better life. It is important to pay attention to the development of this special group of people.更多还原