Internet and Technology (Page 155)

presentationMay 19, 2010

How libraries can survive in the new media ecosystem

Lee Rainie spoke to librarians in Barcelona (May 19, 2010) and Madrid (May 21, 2010) about how libraries can survive in the new media ecosystem. Includes speech text and slides.
reportMay 18, 2010

Explaining racial differences in attitudes towards government use of social media

How do we explain the disparity between African-Americans’ and Hispanics’ views of the importance of government social media versus whites?
presentationMay 18, 2010

Teens and Mobile Phones: Texting rises sharply as mobile phones become the communication hub for American teens.

In a brown bag lunch talk given to FTC, FCC and Department of Education staff, Amanda talks about teens and mobile phones – who has them, how they use them and how schools and parents approach and manage the devices in the home and in the classroom.
reportMay 13, 2010

Participant-Entrepreneurs: Innovating Toward Better Health

Not content to stand by and let other people innovate for them, participant-entrepreneurs are creating the services, devices, and communities they need.
presentationMay 13, 2010

Participatory Medicine – Chronic Disease in the Internet Age

The internet does not replace health professionals, but rather provides a way for people to gather and share information in a rapid-learning system that can best be described as “participatory medicine.”
reportMay 11, 2010

Frequently Asked (But Unanswered) Questions About E-Patients

As I’ve written before, I love questions. It’s an honor to be handed someone’s nascent idea and to help them shape it (which is what I think a question really is). But this time I’m asking for YOUR input.
presentationMay 11, 2010

The Rise of Networked Individuals: The Millennial Tide

Lee Rainie discusses social, economic, and political trends especially among the younger generation that have given rise to a new and emerging class of networked citizens.
presentationMay 6, 2010

Cyberbullying 2010: What the Research Tells Us

An updated look at the research and definitions around bullying and cyberbullying. Presented to the Youth Online Safety Working Group assembled by NCMEC, Amanda’s talk unpacks both what current research can tell us about cyberbullying as well as w…
reportMay 5, 2010

The Power of Data and the Power of One

If someone is motivated enough to dig, interested enough to analyze, and knowledgeable enough about their chosen topic to see data with fresh eyes, they can start a revolution…
reportMay 4, 2010

Those who understand the semantic web are split on its future

Experts expect online information to be organized in smarter, more useful ways in coming years, but there is a dispute about whether the improvements will match Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s first-proposed, visionary ideals of a fully functioning semantic…

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Frequently Asked (But Unanswered) Questions About E-Patients

The Rise of Networked Individuals: The Millennial Tide

The Power of Data and the Power of One

Those who understand the semantic web are split on its future