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    What a Year! People-Press Poll Reports in 2008

    Findings from Pew Research Center polls over the year told the story of the longest — and one of the most exciting — presidential elections in U.S. history as well as recording the public’s reactions to other major events ranging from the pope’s visit, to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, to the onset of a mega-economic downturn.

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    Conclusions: The networked household

    New technologies foster new connectivity. Most households have the internet and cell phones and use them actively. These are family technologies, as almost all married families with children are now internet and cell phone users. Their proportion of use is much higher than that of singles, single-person households and even married couples without children. Despite […]

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    Obama’s Online Opportunities

    There is no shortage of suggestions to the incoming Obama administration about what to do about communications policy in the United States. The body of research from the Pew Internet Project, dating to 2000, indicates that online Americans might have…

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    Obama’s Online Opportunities

    For a host of reasons, the new administration needs to develop a national broadband strategy but research suggests that users must be central actors in its design.

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    References

    Blau, F.D., Ferber, M. A. & A. E. Winkler. (2005). Economics of Women, Men, and Work (5th Edition). Pearson Prentice Hall. Boase, J., Chen, W., Wellman, B. & M. Prijatelj. (2003). “Is there a place in cyberspace? The uses and users of the internet in public and private places”. Culture et Geographie, No. 46 (Été), […]

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    Scenario 7: The Evolution of the Architecture of the Internet

    Prediction and Reactions PREDICTION:  Next-generation research will be used to improve the current Internet; it won’t replace it. In 2020, the original Internet architecture is in the continuing process of refinement – it hasn’t been replaced by a completely new system. Research into network innovation, with help from the continued acceleration of technologies used to […]

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    Introduction

    Exploring the relationship between gaming and civics Video games are immensely popular, particularly among teens and young adults. Yet there is much to learn about the content and context of teens’ gaming experiences, the mechanics of their play, and the relationships between playing games and a range of academic, social, and civic outcomes. To date, […]

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    Social Networking

    In the general election battle, Obama’s campaign has remained deeply active in the social networking world and has maintained dominance over McCain. Coming out of the Republican Convention, McCain has stepped up his presence in the social networking world, but there is still a long gap. McCain’s Web site does not link to any social […]

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    Anthropology of YouTube

    The Library of Congress invited Michael Wesch to deliver the third of four “Digital Natives” lectures. Wesch, creator of the world-famous YouTube video, “The Machine is Us/ing Us,” presented the “Anthropology of YouTube” to a packed, fascinated …