Lee Rainie
Lee Rainie
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These teens were born into a digital world where expect to be able to create, consume, remix, and share material with each other and lots of strangers,
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For a lot of people now, especially those with broadband connections, the first place they go to for information is online. But people are still warming up to the idea that lots of information about them is online.
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That's just a reflection of a change in the online population. The typical user is no longer a young, white man, highly educated with lots of money. The Internet population is now more like America.
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We live in a media age. In many respects, it is more important for people to be known in the media culture than to make money in the media culture.
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Part of the reason for that is resources,
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Aristotle made the statement that humans are social animals. We like to see each other, know what each other is doing and share with each other. That yearning for connection has driven the rise of the Internet.
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It's clear that the Internet is being woven into people's most important relationships.
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At the market level, this means old business models are in upheaval. At the legal level, this means the definition of property is up for grabs. And at the social level, it means that millions of those inspired to create have a big new platform with which they shape our culture.
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E-mail is a tool that many people now use to deepen and improve their ties to family and friends. Use of the Internet actually enlarges and enriches most users' social worlds. And that is particularly true for women.
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As the mobile phone becomes an ever-more essential communications tool, we are beginning to get measures on some important societal impacts. The cell is playing a key role in our daily lives, whether it's used for emergencies or as the primary technology for our most basic interactions with others.
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What's changed is the consumer is much more anxious to get the material they want, when they want and on the device they want it on.
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They had their moment in the tsunami coverage, when the BBC and other (established media) opened their websites to them.
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They had a special kite-making program, so the kids got to make their own kites. All of the kids in my group were in to the experience, and they really wanted to show me their work and see what I thought of it, and to have them coming to me to seek that sort of validation showed me a glimpse of how important they are to me and potentially how important and connected I am to them.
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This is a pretty interesting and new passion for teens. Anybody who has thoughts or interesting things to say or a beef with the world can use this incredibly powerful publishing tool.