Abstract:

The premature Social Security system in China and the undercoverage of governmentsponsored aid have made it very difficult for ordinary people to get help from the government and society when unexpected disasters suddenly befall on them. With the Internet coming into being and getting popularized， people have begun to utilize it as a channel to solicit aid and to organize relief activities. This paper applied a Western theory of resource mobilization to a relief case via the Internet to analyze the structure and pattern of Internet mobilization for social aid and to compare its advantages and limitations with traditional mobilization efforts for relief.

Key words: social aid, Internet mobilization, the theory of resource mobilization, pattern