Can libraries hack it in the internet age? A Pew Internet study finds that the public says “yes, and there are further ‘market opportunities’ to explore.”
A recent New York Times article suggests another reason why people are motivated to search for content connected to their names online: to check up on how their “Google twins” are doing from time to time.
Another example of how Chinese newspapers, websites, and internet users react in harmony and rally on many issues: “People ‘sign up’ to slam media bias.”
Pew Internet Project researcher Mary Madden recently appeared on “All Things Considered” to discuss teens, social networking and privacy choices online.
Over time, we may change the way we think about the persistence of the information we share in public and semi-public spaces. But at the moment, many adults are blissfully unaware of even the most basic information that might be found through a si…
In the era of Web 2.0, individuals and organizations have gone beyond simply being findable to being intimately knowable. These digital footprints are blazing trails and stirring up issues about how we manage our own online identities and those of…