Chen Chong, Zhang Yiyan, Lu Mengyuan
School of Marxism, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China.
Wenzhou Technician Institute, Wenzhou, China.
PLoS One. 2025 Apr 29;20(4):e0321185. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0321185. eCollection 2025.
In this study, we investigate the impact of Internet use on educational expectations in Chinese families, utilizing social cognition theory and survey data from 2018. Our findings reveal that Internet use elevates parents' educational aspirations for their children. Furthermore, we observed that the influence of the Internet on these expectations varies and is more pronounced for older children, male parents, and families in rural areas. Besides, only using the Internet for non-entertainment purposes can promote parents' educational expectations of their children. Additionally, parents boost their children's educational expectations through enhanced social interactions facilitated by the Internet. These insights comprehensively evaluate the Internet's effect on individual perceptions and suggest strategies for promoting educational equity in the digital age.
在本研究中，我们利用社会认知理论和2018年的调查数据，探究互联网使用对中国家庭教育期望的影响。我们的研究结果表明，互联网使用提高了父母对子女的教育期望。此外，我们观察到互联网对这些期望的影响各不相同，对年龄较大的孩子、男性家长和农村家庭的影响更为显著。此外，仅将互联网用于非娱乐目的才能促进父母对子女的教育期望。此外，父母通过互联网促进的社会互动增强来提高对子女的教育期望。这些见解全面评估了互联网对个人认知的影响，并提出了在数字时代促进教育公平的策略。
