Lee Rainie

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How the public perceives community information systems

Explores key components of local information systems in three communities in the US

The social side of the internet

The internet is now deeply embedded in group and organisational life in America

The future of cloud computing

Technology experts and stakeholders say they expect internet users will ‘live mostly in the cloud’ in 2020 and not on the desktop, working through cyberspace-based applications accessed through networked devices

The impact of the Internet on institutions in the future

Technology experts and stakeholders believe that innovative forms of online cooperation could result in more efficient and responsive for-profit firms, non-profit organizations, and government agencies by the year 2020

The future of the Internet IV

A survey of nearly 900 Internet stakeholders reveals fascinating new perspectives on the way the Internet is affecting human intelligence and the ways that information is being shared and rendered

The future of the Internet III

A survey of internet leaders, activists and analysts shows they expect major tech advances as the phone becomes a primary device for online access, voice-recognition improves, artificial and virtual reality become more embedded in everyday life, and the architecture of the internet itself improves

Information searches that solve problems

For help with a variety of common problems, more people turn to the internet than consult experts or family members to provide information and resources

Tagging play: Forget Dewey and his decimals, internet users are revolutionizing the way we classify information - and make sense of it

Just as the internet allows users to create and share their own media, it is also enabling them to organize digital material their own way, rather than relying on pre-existing formats for classifying information

Wikipedia users

Thirty six per cent of online American adults consult Wikipedia, according to this Pew Centre survey

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