-------- Original Message -------- Subject: New research alert: The Future of the Internet IV - Is Google making us stupid? Experts respond. Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:38:13 -0500 (EST) From: Pew Internet & American Life Project <info@pewinternet.org> Reply-To: info@pewinternet.org To: demartin@polito.it Having trouble viewing this email? Click here to view this email as a webpage <http://campaign.constantcontact.com/render?v=001CYMvdQv4AOhsph_Fw1uJznMfWejU...> The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103069737833&s=8309&e=0019bdyIqNrk0t32j6fPmW6A...> The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project *Report Alert * ****New Report: The Future of the Internet IV <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103069737833&s=8309&e=0019bdyIqNrk0vIFZvAI0dKK...> **** / / / / /By Janna Anderson, Lee Rainie <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103069737833&s=8309&e=0019bdyIqNrk0trtAsAPAzWCVqX3RTLl-l0Ug8Resbo7xw_M3Byf1N5Pr87J3cDlh9PxfZNOzlb3NVpcCwxlDCxqwWMcvsnZDcWOq0ZhZVX6NK8CucwrNqS14tFtjxxt8YE5tpCkUYCf8Ef9s8JXDMndQ==>/ /February 19, 2010/ Imagining the Internet at Elon University <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103069737833&s=8309&e=0019bdyIqNrk0vIFZvAI0dKK...> 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 <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103069737833&s=8309&e=0019bdyIqNrk0v6dEpamCLcb...> 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: * Will Google make us stupid? <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103069737833&s=8309&e=0019bdyIqNrk0sLGrsUaNDKd...> What is the future of intelligence? * Will the internet enhance or detract from reading, writing, and rendering of knowledge <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103069737833&s=8309&e=0019bdyIqNrk0vTAm4s8JoJB8AvvKLWR57VNokskhsoVnQOVmacjLMlNUB-JPcbNh8TGgfBXJoLFB_7m-Wkkx1EGga-FmOx0FgxkFkMbfzqSBtBGh8pkEYGU6OC4zKtP02t06WujF8MB7KPfzkY4RoPAtm9xsGIX5uFrTeQgffDqtM_conzs6RPLgqoPFjFsDcRx8VbDFguuzI9aejNNUVhlw==>? * Is the next wave of innovation in technology, gadgets, and applications pretty clear now, or will the most interesting developments between now and 2020 come "out of the blue"? <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103069737833&s=8309&e=0019bdyIqNrk0s4Ucaa3fVwa...> * Will the end-to-end principle <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103069737833&s=8309&e=0019bdyIqNrk0s3UCRHHKkJD...> of the internet still prevail in 10 years, or will there be more control of access to information? * Will it be possible to be anonymous online <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103069737833&s=8309&e=0019bdyIqNrk0uRzRJ8x3dqk...> or not by the end of the decade? Read more in the full report on experts' responses on our site: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Future-of-the-Internet-IV.aspx <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103069737833&s=8309&e=0019bdyIqNrk0vIFZvAI0dKK...> Imagining the Internet - Elon University <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103069737833&s=8309&e=0019bdyIqNrk0uaQGQ_QLHUt...> This publication is part of a Pew Research Center series that captures people's expectations for the future of the Internet, in the process presenting a snapshot of current attitudes. Find out more at: http://pewinternet.org/topics/Future-of-the-internet.aspx <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103069737833&s=8309&e=0019bdyIqNrk0th1o5pHcWsD...> and http://imaginingtheinternet.org <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103069737833&s=8309&e=0019bdyIqNrk0tCDQ9ub8He8...>. *About the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project* The Pew Internet Project is an initiative of the Pew Research Center, a nonprofit "fact tank"that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Internet explores the impact of the internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life. Support for the project is provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts. The Project's website is: http://www.pewinternet.org <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103069737833&s=8309&e=0019bdyIqNrk0vUpOxEGhXgm...>. 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