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Media Mention
Dec 30, 2011O'Reilly Media
By most accounts, the biggest stories of 2011 were the Arab Spring, the historic earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and the death of Osama Bin Laden. In each case, an increasingly networked world experienced those events together through the growing...
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More in: Government, Social Networking
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Report
Dec 23, 2011Jim Jansen
Those who are active in church, religious, or spiritual organizations are often more deeply involved in their communities than those who are not members of such groups.
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More in: Religion, Communities, Social Networking
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Presentation
Oct 4, 2011Lee Rainie
Director Lee Rainie presented findings from Pew Internet about the role of the internet, cell phones, and social media on civic life.
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More in: Government, Web 2.0
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Presentation
Sep 20, 2011Lee Rainie
Lee Rainie was asked to present about the state of social media, in particular how non-profit groups might think about using social media to promote their missions. He cites the newest data from Pew Internet Project surveys and describes how the “...
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More in: Social Networking, Web 2.0
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Presentation
May 6, 2011Lee Rainie
Lee Rainie discusses how libraries can be actors in building and participating in social networks through their use of social media and through delivering their time-tested — and trusted — services to their patrons.
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More in: Libraries
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Media Mention
Jan 20, 2011San Francisco Chronicle
Internet users are actively involved in their community and in groups, with many of them using tools such as Facebook and Twitter to mobilize, a survey by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project said.
The report found...
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Media Mention
Jan 19, 2011NPR
When one imagines an Internet user, the image that appears may be that of a solitary individual staring at a computer screen at an unbeknownst hour. It's a lot like the lonely Internet user that Robert Putnam described in Bowling Alone. In the boo...
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More in: Communities
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Media Mention
Jan 19, 2011msnbc.com
According to a new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, Internet users are more likely than others to be active in some kind of voluntary group or organization:
"Across the board, technology users are more likely than ...
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Infographic
Jan 18, 2011
The proportion of American adults in each tech user group (those who use the internet, those who connect to the internet wirelessly, cell phone users, etc.) who are active in various organizations. From Read More
More in: Communities
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Media Mention
Jan 18, 2011PC Magazine
Lest you think Internet users are wasting away their days in front of multiple screens, a new study shows that Internet users are more likely to be active with ...
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