微信群与乡村社区的再整合——基于一个皖北村庄的田野考察

当前,我国某些农村在现代化、城市化影响下,正面临"原子化…离散化"和"空心化"的困境.在地方经济较为弱势、未能分享区域优势的中部农村,不愿务农的村民只能外出打工,村民们现实互动的减少加剧了离散化趋势,使社区认同成为无源之水.基于移动互联网技术的微信群为村民提供了全新的互动平台,离乡村民也能通过智能手机接入网络,在微信群实现"身体缺席"的"虚拟在场".这种"虚拟在场"克服了时间和空间的局限,为社区的再整合提供了基础.村民们在微信群中的话语实践能强化社会关系网络、催生共同体认同、维护公共秩序、展开行动动员,并成功实施线下公共行动,从而促进乡村社会的重新整合.

WeChat Groups and Reintegration of Rural Communities: Based on a Field Study in a Village in Northern Anhui Province

Under the influence of modernization and urbanization, China''s rural areas are facing the dilemma of "atomization", "discretization" and "hollowing". In the central rural areas, where the local economy is weak and does not share the regional advantages, villagers who do not want to work in agriculture have to go out to work. The decrease of real interaction among villagers intensifies the tendency of decentralization and weakens the community identity. The mobile Internet breaks the limitations of time and space and provides a new possibility of "presence". Villagers in other places can also access the Internet through their smart phones, and realize the "virtual presence" of "physical absence" in WeChat groups. The discourse practices of villagers in WeChat group can strengthen social networks, encourage community identity, maintain public order, launch action mobilization, and smoothly realize offline actions, thus realizing the reintegration of rural society.