Libraries and the New Community Information Ecology

In this 25-minute discussion (via Skype), Pew Internet Director Lee Raine talks with Journalism That Matters’ Bill Densmore about how libraries can adjust and thrive in the new media ecosystem.

This video was presented at Beyond Books: News, Literacy, Democracy & American Libraries on April 7, 2011.

Further Reading

• Report: How the Public Perceives Community Information Systems (2011)
  

  Local news is going mobile. Nearly half of all American adults (47%) report that they get at least some local news and information on their cellphone or tablet computer.

• Interactive resource: The State of the News Media (2011)
  

  The eighth edition of an annual report on the health and status of American journalism, from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.

Boomer Generation Shapes the Future of Technology

Video: AARP/The Atlantic Technology Symposium

AARP recently sponsored a forum with The Atlantic on the future of technology—and how it will shape and be shaped by the Boomer generation.

People are not substituting technology for ‘real’ life, says Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project. If you’re social and successful in the analog world, that can carry over to the digital realm, and vice versa.

Further Reading

• Report: Generations and their gadgets (2011)
• Report: Generations Online, 2010 (2010)

(Source: aarp.org)

The Power of Mobile

Associate Director Susannah Fox talks about the power of mobile connectivity at Mayo Transform 2010: Thinking Differently About Health Care.

The access revolution is over. Mobile is changing us, changing our frame of reference so that we see information as portable, personalized, and participatory.

The full text of Susannah’s remarks are available on our website.