A Study on the Digital Literacy of Rural Elderly in China Based on CiteSpace

结合CiteSpace可视化工具，从研究主体(作者和机构)、发文时间、热点演化等多个维度，对我国现有的相关研究进行全面的分析。研究发现：自2010年起，相关研究工作已正式启动，经历起步探索、概念拓展、多元交叉到深化融合的发展历程；大多数研究者倾向于独立开展研究，缺乏长期性的联合研究，主要研究者有马蔼凤和匡亚林；研究机构包括高校、研究所等众多单位，其中新疆大学政治与公共管理学院在此领域中研究颇多，但是从机构之间的关系上看仍处于独立研究，机构之间缺乏合作。研究旨在系统梳理国内农村老年人数字素养研究的演进脉络与热点分布，揭示其知识结构与发展趋势，为后续相关研究提供理论支撑与实践启示。This article utilizes the CiteSpace visualization tool. It is an overall analysis of relevant research conducted in China. Analytics are multidimensional regarding the research topics of authors and institutions, publication times, and changes in trending topics. Results show that this line of research really started in 2010 and was then developed in concept expansion, multi-party intersection, and deepening integration for preliminary exploration. Most researchers prefer to do the research by themselves without long-term joint studies. The main contributors to this line of research are Ma Aifeng and Kuang Yalin. The research institutions include several units, such as colleges and universities and scientific research institutes. The School of Politics and Public Administration at Xinjiang University has conducted intensive research in this area, too. Yet, regarding the institutional relationship, it is still an independent study with a lack of inter-agency cooperative study. This paper’s aim was to systematically sort out the evolution and hotspot distribution of digital literacy research among the elderly in rural China to unveil its knowledge structure and development tendencies. Thus, it offers theoretical support and practical inspiration for subsequent relative studies.