Late-life immigration, transition process, and information behavior among older Chinese individuals in Australia

Jia Tina Du; Fang Xu

doi:10.1002/pra2.228

Late-life immigration, transition process, and information behavior among older Chinese individuals in Australia

Jia Tina Du, Fang Xu

Information and Communication Studies

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Abstract

The study reported in this paper is part of an ongoing project that aims to advance the understanding of older migrants' information behavior in transition and their resilience in leveraging information and technology to achieve social integration into a new country. Through the lens of transition theory, this research investigates the information behavior of Chinese migrants to Australia at an older age (i.e., late-life migrants), which is little reported in the migrant information behavior literature. Older Chinese migrants' transition process entailed disconnectedness from previous information practices, perceptions of marginalization and having limited access to resources in English, and construction of new/extended information landscape by participating in ethnic associations and using WeChat for communication.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
Volume	57
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	2373-9231
ISBN (Print)	2373-9231
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.228
Publication status	Published - Oct 2020
Event	83rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology : ASIS&T - Virtual Duration: 22 Oct 2020 → 01 Nov 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201201091639/https://www.asist.org/am20/ (Conference website on Wayback Machine) https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/23739231/2020/57/1 (Proceedings) https://web.archive.org/web/20201130045628/https://www.asist.org/am20/

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Name	Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons
ISSN (Print)	2373-9231

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Conference	83rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology
Abbreviated title	Information for a sustainable world: addressing society's grand challenges
Period	22/10/20 → 01/11/20
Other	In its 83rd year, the ASIS&T Annual Meeting is the premier education and networking event for the information science and technology community. The Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology is the premier international conference dedicated to the study of information, people, and technology in contemporary society.
Internet address	https://web.archive.org/web/20201201091639/https://www.asist.org/am20/ (Conference website on Wayback Machine) https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/23739231/2020/57/1 (Proceedings) https://web.archive.org/web/20201130045628/https://www.asist.org/am20/

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Du, J. T., & Xu, F. (2020). Late-life immigration, transition process, and information behavior among older Chinese individuals in Australia. In Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (1 ed., Vol. 57, pp. 1-6). Article e228 (Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology). John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.228

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Du, JT & Xu, F 2020, Late-life immigration, transition process, and information behavior among older Chinese individuals in Australia. in Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 1 edn, vol. 57, e228, Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 1-6, 83rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology
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Late-life immigration, transition process, and information behavior among older Chinese individuals in Australia. / Du, Jia Tina; Xu, Fang.
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Vol. 57 1. ed. John Wiley & Sons, 2020. p. 1-6 e228 (Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology).

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