代际学习:互联网时代社会学的新议题

Intergenerational Learning: A New Theme in Sociology in the Internet Era

数字革命的发生使20世纪下半叶以来备受关注的代沟问题又增添了新内涵,即数字鸿沟。老龄化社会与互联网时代的交叠引发了一种被称作代际学习的社会事实,代际学习过程正在导致一种新的代际形构,在从代际融合到社会整合这种静态结构层面,以及在从社会传承和社会更新这种动态发展维度,都呈现了诸多新的功能。而探究和认识这种新的代际形构及其功能正是社会学的学术使命所在,将研究成果运用于相关的社会政策、工作机制和实务领域,则是社会学的社会功能体现。

Owing to the emergence of the digital revolution,digital divide as a new dimension has been added to the intergenerational gap that has received so much attention since the second half of the 20 th century. The overlapping of the aging society and the internet era has produced a social fact called"intergenerational learning". An intergenerational configuration is occurring in the process of intergenerational learning,which has showed a number of new functions in the static aspect from intergenerational integration to social integration,and in the dynamic aspect from social inheritance to social renewal. It is the academic mission of sociology to explore and understand this new intergenerational configuration and its functions,and it is the embodiment of social functions of sociology to apply the useful research results to relevant social policies,working mechanisms and practical skills.