| 其他摘要 | As we all know, the "Chuangguandong" movement was one of the most significant migration events in the history of Northeast China. Many studies have suggested that the movement had a massive impact on the culture and economy of the region. Therefore, this study aims to explore the cultural impact of the "Chuangguandong" movement on the Northeast region from the dimension of individualism/collectivism.
When exploring the causes of individualism/collectivism culture, there are numerous ecological factors to consider. However, in the past, controlling and analyzing ecological factors with only cross-sectional data has been difficult, making it challenging to obtain effective panel data for comprehensive analysis of multiple ecological factors simultaneously. To address this issue, this study selected the textual content of Weibo, a mainstream social platform in China, as a measure of individualism/collectivism.
This study collected inter-provincial level data from the Northeast region of China, including Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, and a reference province, Shandong, from 2010 to 2020 through the Weibo public interface. Textual features were extracted using a Chinese sociocultural psychology dictionary to measure the frequency of individualism/collectivism keywords. By comparing the results, it was found that the individualism culture level in the Northeast region (Heilongliang, Jilin, and Liaoning) was higher than that of the reference province (Shandong), which is consistent with previous research findings.
Based on the data from Weibo over 11 years (2010-2020) in 52 cities in the four provinces of Northeast China and Shandong, this study comprehensively considered other ecological factors such as climate demand, economic indicators, per capita GDP, and the proportion of rice planting area. Through linear regression, it was found that the occurrence of frontier settlement and the climate-economic interaction index could have a certain impact on the high individualism in the Northeast region, indicating that the "Chuangguandong" movement may be one of the potential explanatory factors that promote the formation of high individualism in Northeast China. This study provides new evidence and research ideas for future research on individualism differences in China.
To further verify the validity of the Weibo big data method, this study used a commonly used method in the past一the self-construction scale一to study the residents of the Northeast region (Heilon自iang, Jilin, and Liaoning) and the reference province (Shandong) through an online questionnaire. The study collected the performance scores of the research subjects on individualism/collectivism and obtained their demographic information. The results showed that the individualism culture tendency in the Northeast region was higher than that in Shandong Province, which is completely consistent with the results of Study 1.
Based on the complementary and corroborative nature of the three studies in this paper, the effectiveness of the big data method for research has been verified. Through a comparative discussion with other causal theories, such as the rice theory, modernization theory, and climate一economic theory, it was found that they could not explain why the Northeast region (Heilon自iang, Jilin, and Liaoning) has a higher individualism culture tendency than the reference province (Shandong). This once again demonstrates that the "Chuangguandong" movement under the voluntary frontier hypothesis framework is more reasonable in explaining the relatively high individualism tendency in the Northeast region (Heilon自iang, Jilin, and Liaoning) compared to the reference province (Shandong). Therefore, it is proposed that the "Chuangguandong" movement is one of the potential explanations for promoting the high individualism tendency in the Northeast region (Heilongliang, Jilin, and Liaoning). |
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