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Factual Error Found on Internet: Shocking revelations from a researcher's online journey
Lee Rainie – DirectorPenn State University: Hearst Visiting Professional Lecture
10.6.03
The double-edged Internet
Good wire• Overcomes differences• Creates opportunities• Encourages tolerance• Revives community• Fosters creativity• Enriches cultural
production• Enhances civic
participation
Bad wire• Erodes tradition• Creates balkanization• Reduces privacy• Destroys indigenous
cultures• Cuts back community
involvement• Creates anti-social
misfits• Encourages crime and
anti-social behavior
The adult population stagnates / churnsThe teen population grows / ebbs and flows
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Pew Internet & American Life Project / Pew Research Center surveys
Being online is the norm
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Sports news
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Research pro
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What teenagers do online - 1
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What teenagers do online - 2
Homework
Major researc
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Email / IM
teachers
Download stu
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Access class W
eb sites
Create
class Web page
“O.K., step away from the laptop and hold up your end of the conversation.”
Our findings: 1
People use email to enhance connection
and increase communication
Our findings –2Different people use the Internet in different ways
• Gender• Race/ethnicity• Socioeconomic
status• Age
• Parental status• Internet-experience
level• Personal outlook • Social environment
Our findings: 3The Internet helps in everyday life …
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“Go ask your search engine”
Our findings – 4People use the Internet more seriously
as they gain experience
Our findings – 5
The quality of Internet access matters
“Look, Mom! A broadband digital subscriber line followed me home. Can we keep it?”
Our findings - 6
E-patients are creating a new
health care environment
clueless, isolated, doctor-dependent patient
the net-savvy, well-connecteddoctor-independent, end-user
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The information health seekers get online
Our findings – 7E-citizens are creating a new civic environment
Our findings – 8 Students are unhappy because the Internet is
not a factor in their formal education
• Assignments don’t take advantage of the Internet
• Classroom work hardly ever exploits the Internet
• The hindrances students see:– Fear about “digital divide”– Fear about the “dark side” of the Internet– Techno-wariness– Low level of support from school administrators
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Underlying world view, Information Age education
“No doubt about it. The internet poses a great
threat to personal privacy.”
Our findings – 9Americans value their privacy, but do very
trusting, intimate things online
Our findings – 10There is a persistent digital divide that will last for years
Half of non-users want to stay that way
Our findings – 11Anxiety over spam is growing and so is the impact
“What do you mean, ‘No Internet access?’ What kind of heaven is this, anyhow?”
Our findings – 11There is a revolution of rising expectations
What does it all add up to
• Internet is the norm• Pace of change will accelerate, but we don’t know the impact of
speed of flow of information• The Internet has a powerful impact on power relations: Who
controls information?• The Internet is likely affecting the size and power of social
networks• Internet use is starting to have an impact on time use, and the
impact will grow with the increase in multitasking• Teens and their use lead the way in sorting through boundaries
About us
Pew Internet & American Life Project
1100 Connecticut Ave. NW – Suite 710
Washington, D.C. 20036
202-296-0019
http://www.pewinternet.org/
Pace of change for digital powerComputing
Moore’s
law
doubles
every 18
months
Communication
Gilder’s law (fiber law and
compression)
doubles
every 9
months
Storage
disk
law
doubles
every 12
months
Audience
Metcalfe’s law
replaces
Sarnoff’s
law
N2
where
N is #
of nodes
Content
Reed’s law
(community
law)
2n
where n
# of
peopleJohn Seely Brown and Howard Rheingold