---
title: "The Rise of Networked Information"
description: "Lee Rainie was the morning keynote speaker at the Society for Scholarly Publishing's conference on May 31, discussing how people use technology to gather, share, and create information."
date: "2012-05-31"
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/2012/05/31/the-rise-of-networked-information/"
categories:
  - "Mobile"
  - "Platforms & Services"
  - "Social Media"
tags:
  - "Social Networking"
---

# The Rise of Networked Information

Lee Rainie was the morning keynote speaker at the Society for Scholarly Publishing's [conference on May 31](https://www.resourcenter.net/Scripts/4Disapi2.dll/4DCGI/events/2012/221-Thurs.html?Action=Conference_Detail&ConfID_W=221&ConfID_W=221), discussing how people use technology to gather, share, and create information. He described trends in people's use of broadband, mobile devices (including tablet computers and ebook-readers), and social networks to learn about their world and share their own stories about it.

http://www.slideshare.net/PewInternet/the-rise-of-networked-information