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Life Course Review: A Person's Major Life Events and Media Usage History (1950-2024)

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  • Zhijun Meng
  • Shanyong Jiang

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In recent decades, tremendous changes have taken place in China. At the same time, media technology is constantly changing. It is of great value and significance to study the individual life experience of this period from the perspective of life course. By selecting a person of the same age in the Republic of China living in rural Hebei Province as a case study, and putting him in the 75-year long river of time for investigation, through observation and semi-structured interview, and narrative research on the interview materials, the complete and fresh life course and rich and specific life details of a person are presented. The 18 major events outline the picture of his life course, while the eight media use tracks reveal the development and evolution of media in contemporary China and the interaction between media and individual life.

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  • Zhijun Meng & Shanyong Jiang, 2025. "Life Course Review: A Person's Major Life Events and Media Usage History (1950-2024)," Studies in Media and Communication, Redfame publishing, vol. 13(3), pages 225-235, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:rfa:smcjnl:v:13:y:2025:i:3:p:225-235
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    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
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