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 web-based survey gathered opinions from prominent scientists,
business leaders, consultants, writers and technology developers. It is
the fourth in
a series of Internet expert studies
conducted by the Imagining the Internet Center at Elon University and
the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project.
"Three out of four experts said our use of the Internet enhances and
augments human intelligence, and two-thirds said use of the Internet
has improved reading, writing and rendering of knowledge," said Janna
Anderson, study co-author and director of the Imagining the Internet
Center. "There are still many people, however, who are critics of the
impact of Google, Wikipedia and other online tools."
Anderson and co-author Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet &
American Life Project, asked a number of questions in the survey. This
report covers experts' thoughts on the following issues:
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Will the
end-to-end principle of the
internet still prevail in 10 years, or will there be more control of
access to information?
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Read more in
the full report on experts' responses on our site: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Future-of-the-Internet-IV.aspx
