by the numbers technology’s place in our lives
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By the numbers Technology’s place in our lives. Lee Rainie Director – Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project 2.23.12 Delivered at the Wisdom 2.0 Conference Redwood City, CA. Revolution 1 Internet / Broadband. 61%. 47%. 78%. 28%. 14%. 94%. 80%. 98%. 65%. 50%. 4 %. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
By the numbers
Technology’s place in our lives
Lee RainieDirector – Pew Research Center’s Internet &
American Life Project2.23.12
Delivered at the Wisdom 2.0 Conference Redwood City, CA
Revolution 1Internet /
Broadband
47%28%14%
61%78%
80%65%50%
94%98%
4%
65%
> 2/3
<10 hours a month online
(1999)
> 30 hours a month online
(2011)
140% increase words consumed since 1980
Info consumption up from 7.4 hours a day in 1960 to 11.8 hours
Reading volume has grown 3X since 1980
100,500 words per day and 34 gigabytes
Filter-ers > 50%
Revolution 2Social
networking
51% 66%
86% 34%
39%
318.5
197.6
124.2
78.4
42.0
5 hours46 minutes
a month (2010)
7 hours 46 minutes
a month (2011)
Unfriending56%
Friend enders15%22%
Fighters3%8%
Revolution 3Mobile
connectivity
88%
46%
Texters66%
Text preferers31%
Texting and driving
47%
Truly distracted
17%
Apps50%
Boredom beaters
42%
E-avoiders13%
Tablets10% 19%
E-book readers10% 19%
Multitaskers57%
Toting up the good
• Trust• Close relationships• Social and emotional support• Group involvement• Politically engaged• Civic spaces (no cocooning)• Bigger, more diverse networks
Toting up the not-so-good
Confused about gadgets
79%
Confused about truth
56%
Marginalized 55%
Annoyed at intrusions
42%
Afraid about cognitive impact
42%
Stressful to manage
33%
Overloaded27%
Maslow 5Survival needs - food
Safety needs – securityLove needs – group-iness
Esteem needs – achievementSelf-actualization – personal potential
Maslow +1
Selftranscendence
"Lock up your house, go across the railroad
tracks, find someone in need, and do something
for them.“-- Karl Menninger
NamasteThank you