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Lee Rainie

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The future of the Internet IV

A survey of nearly 900 Internet stakeholders reveals fascinating new perspectives on the way the Internet is affecting human intelligence and the ways that information is being shared and rendered

The future of the Internet III

A survey of internet leaders, activists and analysts shows they expect major tech advances as the phone becomes a primary device for online access, voice-recognition improves, artificial and virtual reality become more embedded in everyday life, and the architecture of the internet itself improves

Information searches that solve problems

For help with a variety of common problems, more people turn to the internet than consult experts or family members to provide information and resources

Tagging play: Forget Dewey and his decimals, internet users are revolutionizing the way we classify information - and make sense of it

Just as the internet allows users to create and share their own media, it is also enabling them to organize digital material their own way, rather than relying on pre-existing formats for classifying information

Wikipedia users

Thirty six per cent of online American adults consult Wikipedia, according to this Pew Centre survey

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