Uncle Sam and Social Media
Federal agencies can, and should, be the first responders to health questions. Social media can help.
Federal agencies can, and should, be the first responders to health questions. Social media can help.
This speech looks at how government leaders and others can apply the Pew Internet tech-user typology to promoting their missions.
Lee Rainie discussed the Project’s research about how the internet and cell phones are affecting citizens and how government agencies have new opportunities to plug into citizens’ social networks as they try to solve problems in their lives.
Ars Technica has a great write-up of our recent Voter Engagement report.
Voters expect that the level of public engagement they experienced with Barack Obama during the campaign, much of it occurring online, will continue into the early period of his new administration.
After a presidential race in which the internet played a huge role in empowering ordinary citizens to participate in the political process, change.gov offers a fascinating look into how the new administration is attempting to replicate this dynami...
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...
Online activists and concerned citizens are using the internet to learn about the financial crisis, share their views on the proposed bailout, and organize their friends.
Lee Rainie appeared on the NewsHour to discuss the findings.
A record-breaking 46% of Americans have already used the internet for politics this election season and Barack Obama's backers have an edge.