---
title: "The New Media Ecology and how it will Affect Work and Learning"
description: "This speech describes how the internet is forcing change in learnnig and work environments, as well as how people are using digital media in different ways from the past."
date: "2006-06-07"
authors:
  - name: "Lee Rainie"
    job_title: "Former Director, Internet and Technology Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/lee-rainie/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2006/06/07/the-new-media-ecology-and-how-it-will-affect-work-and-learning/"
categories:
  - "Emerging Technology"
tags:
  - "Generations"
  - "New Media Ecology"
  - "Technology User Types"
  - "Work"
---

# The New Media Ecology and how it will Affect Work and Learning

This speech describes how the internet is forcing change in learning and work environments, as well as how people are using digital media in different ways from the past.