---
title: "Podcast: Is the Internet a Great Tool of Democracy?"
description: "Director Lee Rainie spoke with Library Beat about the social impact of the Internet, recent research, and reasons why librarians will survive in the new media ecosystem."
date: "2009-05-12"
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/2009/05/12/podcast-is-the-internet-a-great-tool-of-democracy/"
categories:
  - "Libraries"
tags:
  - "Libraries"
---

# Podcast: Is the Internet a Great Tool of Democracy?

Director Lee Rainie spoke with Library Beat about the social impact of the Internet, recent research, and reasons why librarians will survive in the new media ecosystem. You can listen to or download the podcast [on Library Beat's website](http://librarybeat.org/longshots/play/163).