该文旨在描述十年来我国“信息社会的地理学”发展的大体轮廓。依据主题词选择、领域选择、期刊选择和论文选择的标准,以国内地理期刊上发表的96篇论文为研究对象,并按期刊、主题词、研究方法、研究区域进行分类分析,进而从7大领域综述我国“信息社会的地理学”的研究内容。研究发现,十年来我国“信息社会的地理学”呈现出研究不断深化、领域和主要内容全面化、研究方法和研究区域多样化的特点,据此探讨其研究趋势以引导未来的研究。
The foundation of Commission on the Geography of Information Society of IGU (International Geography Union) in August,2000 is a new stage of geography development. The "Geography of Information Society" is more than a concept. It is a promising new world for researchers. In the guidelines of Commission on the Geography of Information Society, it put forward certain aspects that need to be focused. Based on these aspects,a review to "Geography of Information Society" research in China has been done. This paper profiles the "Geography of Information Society" research of China in past decade. According to four criteria including theme words, research fields,journals and papers, a list of 96 articles in domestic geography journals are identified as the research objects and the analysis is done from different aspects including journals, theme words, research methods and research regions. Furthermore, these 96 articles are put into 7 main fields and some focused contents are summarized in each field. These 7 main fields are geo--cyber space and Internet, information geography, virtual spatial environment and digital city, electronic commerce (government), information industry and informatization, information communication technology and telecommunication and communication network. It is showed that the "Geography of Information Society" research in China has taken on following features., research fields and main content are more comprehensive, research method and region are more diverse and research level are more higher. Finally, 3 underdeveloped fields including space of flows and information flow, virtual community and electronic services,which should be paid more attention to are put forward.