[MNASIS-L] The Rise of the Networked Individual - April 22 program

[Janet Arth]

The Rise of the Networked Individual
April 22
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Location: 100 Rapson Hall
Cost: Free and open to the public

The Rise of the Networked Individual: A talk by Lee Rainie

Lee Rainie will discuss the latest research findings of his project on 
people’s use of social media (social networking sites, blogs, Twitter, 
YouTube, and, yes, even email) and how technology has affected some of 
the ways people learn, make decisions, and seek and offer social support 
to others. He and sociologist Barry Wellman describe this as a “new 
social operating system” and Lee will highlight the ways in which those 
who use participatory media are changing how communities of all kinds 
form and perform.

Lee Rainie is the Director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 
a non-profit, non–partisan "fact tank" that studies the social impact of 
the internet. The Project has issued more than 200 reports based on its 
surveys that examine people's online activities and the internet's role 
in their lives. Lee is a co-author of Up for Grabs, Hopes and Fears, and 
Ubiquity, Mobility, Security, a series of books about the future of the 
internet published by Cambria Press and based on Project surveys.

Program organized by the Social Networks Research Collaborative and 
cosponsored by Journalism and Mass Communication, the Institute for New 
Media Studies, and the Office of Information Technology.

Space is limited. Please register at http://z.umn.edu/leerainie by April 
15 if you are interested in attending so that we can arrange for 
overflow space if needed.

Fyi, Janet
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