---
title: "The new normal in the digital age"
description: "The new normal in the age of social media"
date: "2012-02-26"
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/2012/02/26/the-new-normal-in-the-digital-age/"
categories:
  - "Internet Connectivity"
  - "Mobile"
  - "Social Media"
tags:
  - "Generations"
  - "Social Networking"
  - "Teens"
---

# The new normal in the digital age

Director Lee Rainie will give a keynote at the [NFAIS annual conference](http://www.nfais.org/page/335-2012-nfais-annual-conference) about the way the internet and mobile connectivity have transformed the worlds of networked individuals. He will discuss how normal life has changed in the past decade because of three revolutions in technology: 1) the spread of broadband; 2) the rise of mobile connectivity; and 3) the emergence of technological social networks. He will discuss trends and likely future developments in technology that will shape the way people learn, share, and create information.

http://www.slideshare.net/PewInternet/022612-nfais-newnormalpdf