To reflect the research progress of information alienation in China,this paper selects 90 relevant articles published in CNKI database from 2008 to 2017 as research objects. The visual software Citespace,social network analysis software Ucinet and statatitical analysis software SPSS are used to make knowledge mapping analysis such as word frequency analysis,co-word cluster analysis,social network analysis,and so on,in order to analyze and summarize the research on information alienation in China. The research hotspots for information alienation in China include the connotation and characteristics of information alienation,the performance and influence of information alienation,the root of information alienation,and the prevention and control of information alienation. Information literacy and information ethics training in the Internet era,information ecosystem in ubiquitous information society,and empirical studies of information alienation from the perspective of new media technology will be the development trends of information alienation.