CHICAGO — “In the world of networked individuals, it is the person who is the focus: not the family, not the work unit, not the neighborhood, and not the social group,” write authors Lee Rainie and ...
OUR social relationships are changing and technology is at the centre of this unfolding story. Take stock of your own world. You probably have a few family members and friends who mean the world to ...
The focus point of the social life was once the household, but it is increasingly apparent that there has been a shift toward "personal networking units" as a way of organizing one’s life. This shift ...
Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project, shows how the large, loosely knit social circles of networked individuals expand opportunities for learning, problem solving, ...
Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, has written a book with sociologist Barry Wellman showing how the large, loosely knit social circles of networked individuals expand ...
Enrico Varrasso’s magnified selfie for Tumblr profile pic. All images submitted to selfies [at] hyperallergic [dot] com. CHICAGO — “In the world of networked individuals, it is the person who is the ...
Just about every other fact—both quantitative and qualitative—about how the Internet (particularly broadband), mobile phones, and social networking are changing our lives can be found in Networked.