Future of the Internet

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...

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 behavio...

A survey of technology thinkers and stakeholders shows they believe the internet will continue to spread in a "flattening" and improving world. There are many, though, who think major problems will accompany technology advances by 2020. A predictions...

This is a discussion of the eight realities of technology and social experience that are shaping the world of today's teens and twenty-somethings.

Lee Rainie appeared with Esther Dyson on the Kojo Nnamdi show on NPR, speaking about the future of the Internet. The program can be accessed here.

Lee Rainie appeared on The Diane Rehm Show on NPR on January 12, 2006, speaking about the future of TV.

Thought-provoking scenarios of the future regarding education and network security.

Rainie discusses some of the latest findings of the Pew Internet Project and the subjects the Project is considering in the future.

This speech describes the mass adoption of the internet in the U.S. and its resultant impact on economic, social and civic spheres.

Are file sharing and peer-to-peer networks changing the way we think?