Emerging Technology

Lee Rainie shows how the large, loosely knit social circles of networked individuals expand opportunities for learning, problem solving, decision making, and personal interaction.

How the new media ecosystem has affected marketing

Many companies are competing to provide consumers with ways to stream content among all their digital devices, but there's still a segment of Americans who own only one device -- a cell-phone.

Pew Internet Director Lee Rainie will discuss= the new media ecosystem with leaders of community foundations from Western states and several other locales.

Are you checking email or tweeting or texting as you read this session description? Today, many of us are hyper-connected through the web, mobile technologies and social media.

Lee Rainie described the new media ecology and how “networked individuals” get, share and create information.

Lee Rainie discussed the findings of the most recent expert surveys on the future of the internet.

Experts expect more-efficient collaborative environments and new grading schemes; they worry about massive online courses, the shift away from on-campus life

While many see promise in the future of data analysis, some fear that work with gigantic stores of information could lead to privacy abuses and mistaken forecasts

Corporate responsibility: How far will tech firms go in helping repressive regimes?