---
title: "Data to Live By: Understanding the Social Media and Technology Landscape"
description: "Senior Researcher Mary Madden delivered the keynote address for the Lawlor Symposium's summer seminar."
date: "2013-06-12"
authors:
  - name: "Mary Madden"
    job_title: "Former Senior Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/mary-madden/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2013/06/12/data-to-live-by-understanding-the-social-media-and-technology-landscape/"
categories:
  - "Mobile"
  - "Social Media"
tags:
  - "Safety"
  - "Social Networking"
  - "Teens"
---

# Data to Live By: Understanding the Social Media and Technology Landscape

New technologies and social media have had a major impact on the way we communicate and live life. Senior Researcher Mary Madden delivered the keynote address for the [Lawlor Symposium's summer seminar](http://sumsem.com/lawlor_symposium.html), sharing "data to live by" to aid in understanding this new social media and technology landscape.

http://www.slideshare.net/PewInternet/data-to-live-by-understanding-the-social-media-technology-landscape