Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World

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Internet and Technology

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    Social networking sites and our lives

    Facebook users are more trusting, have more close friends, are more politically engaged, and get more support from their friends.

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    Social networking sites and our lives

    How people’s trust, personal relationships, and civic and political involvement are connected to their use of social network sites and other technologies.

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    How Communities Learn

    Lee Rainie explores the role of social networks – the technological kind as well as the real-world kind – in shaping the way people gather community information and make sense of it.

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    Twitter Update 2011

    13% of online adults use Twitter, and half of Twitter users access the service “on the go” via mobile phone.

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    Emerging Trends in E-Government

    Senior Research Specialist Aaron Smith will discuss “Emerging Trends in E-Government” on a panel at the Digital Citizen Satisfaction Summit in Washington, DC.

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    The Social Life of Health Information, 2011

    The online conversation about health is being driven forward by two forces: 1) the availability of social tools and 2) the motivation, especially among people living with chronic conditions, to connect with each other.

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    The Networked Librarian (Video & Slides)

    Lee Rainie discusses how libraries can be actors in building and participating in social networks through their use of social media and through delivering their time-tested — and trusted — services to their patrons.