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Presentation
Oct 27, 2006Lee Rainie
This presentation covers the media and communications environment of today's teenagers and young adults and how that new environment has affected their expectations and behaviors about media, communication, and creation.
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More in: Libraries, Teens, New Media Ecology, Future of the Internet, Families
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Presentation
Oct 24, 2006Lee Rainie
Is there such a thing as "internet addiction"? A new survey of internet users suggests that a portion of them experience behavioral problems connected to their internet use. Lee Rainie is among the panelists on the program who discuss the findings. T...
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More in: New Media Ecology, Future of the Internet, Broadband, Mobile, Technology User Types
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Presentation
Sep 28, 2006Lee Rainie
Young workers who have grown up with the internet, cell phones, video games, iPods, and digital cameras are different from their elders. Those who are now hiring the young "digital natives" need to know how their new world has shaped their behavior a...
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More in: Work, Teens, Education, Future of the Internet, New Media Ecology, Generations
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Media Mention
Ellen Lee, San Francisco Chronicle
Sep 25, 2006
"By 2020, the Internet could reach the far ends of the world, a population of Luddites could refuse to adopt new technology and choose to disconnect from the Internet, and humans could become the pets of robots, technology experts predicted in a surv...
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Media Mention
Mark Walsh, Online Media Daily
Sep 25, 2006
"If people find social sites like MySpace and online role-playing games engrossing now, just wait. By 2020, people will spend more time online in connected, virtual worlds that will boost productivity but may lead to addiction problems.
That's among t...
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Media Mention
Lex Alexander , News & Record
Sep 25, 2006
"The Internet will become faster, cheaper, more wireless and more widely available -- but governments and corporations will limit access.
Addiction to virtual reality will become a big societal problem -- and create new business opportunities.
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Media Mention
Roger Fillion, Rocky Mountain News
Sep 25, 2006
"Call them digital-age Luddites or, in the most extreme case, techno terrorists.
A new survey of Internet gurus predicts a cultural group will emerge by 2020 that will swear off the World Wide Web altogether as a way to limit information overload -...
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