Big data is suddenly everywhere. Everyone seems to be collecting it, analyzing it, making money from it and celebrating (or fearing) its powers. Whether we’re talking about analyzing zillions of Google search queries to predict flu outbreaks, or zillions of phone records to detect signs of terrorist activity, or zillions […] Read more »
BBC poll: Web brings more freedom and more surveillance
A majority of participants in a global BBC poll believe the internet has brought greater freedom, but more than half of those interviewed also think it is not a safe place to express their opinions. Many believe that greater freedom goes hand in hand with increased government surveillance, according to […] Read more »
Tuned Out
As I watched the big television screen broadcasting the focus group taking place in Charlotte, N.C., I was tempted to tweet about it. This is the modern instinct. I don’t just mean for reporters. Everyone seems to have a couple of screens open all the time. … The Tuesday evening […] Read more »
The Personal News Cycle
The Media Insight Project’s first study examines the personal news cycle and uses an innovative approach to assess how people consume news across topics and platforms. The findings suggest that the conventional wisdom holding that media consumption divides largely along generational or ideological lines is overstated and that some long-held […] Read more »
As viewing habits change, political campaigns must change their habits, as well
For half a century, television ads have been the staple of political campaigns, the preferred, if costly, vehicle for communicating a candidate’s message to the voters. What happens when people stop watching live television? That day hasn’t arrived yet and probably never will. But the outlines of the new world […] Read more »
Millennials in Adulthood: Detached from Institutions, Networked with Friends
The Millennial generation is forging a distinctive path into adulthood. Now ranging in age from 18 to 331, they are relatively unattached to organized politics and religion, linked by social media, burdened by debt, distrustful of people, in no rush to marry— and optimistic about the future. CONT. Pew Read more »