Director Lee Rainie will give the “Citizen 2.0” talk at a Webinar called "Forum PA," in Italy.

1. Citizen 2.0
Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet Project
04.20.2012
Forum PA: Rome
Email: Lrainie@pewinternet.org
Twitter: @Lrainie
PewInternet.org

3. Digital Revolution 1
Internet (80%) and Broadband at home (66%)
Home broadband Home dial-up
80%
70%
71%
60%
50%
66%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
June April March March April March March March April April May May August Jan
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012

4. Networked creators are everywhere
(two-thirds of adults; three-quarters of teens)
• 70% of internet users are social networking site users
• 59% of cell owners share photos or videos
• 37% contribute rankings and ratings
• 33% create content tags
• 30% share personal creations
• 26% post comments on sites and blogs
• 15% have personal website
• 15% are content remixers
• 16% use Twitter
• 14% are bloggers
• Of smartphone owners: 11% location services – 15%
allow location awareness from social media – 64%
maps/directions

5. The relative value of the internet to
politically active citizens is increasing
100%
% of internet users who get political
news online
80%
60% 58%
47%
40%
40%
20%
13% 16% 15%
0%
2002 2006 2010
Internet and Politics Typical day Total 5

6. Digital Revolution 2:
Mobile phones – 88% of adults
327.6
Total U.S.
population:
315.5
million
2011

7. Smartphone tipping point -- 46%

8. Mobile politics
- 26% of adults
used cell
phones for
political
purposes in
2010
Internet and Politics 3/9/2011 8

9. Digital Revolution 3
Social networking – 52% of all adults
100%
% of internet users 86% 85%
80% 83%
70% 71%
76%
67% 61%
60%
52%
48%
49% 47% 51%
40% 35%
25% 33%
25% 26%
20%
9% 8% 11% 13%
7% 7%
4%
0% 6%
1%
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
18-29 30-49 50-64 65+

10. Social politics -
22% of adults
used social
media media
for political
purposes in
2010
Internet and Politics 3/9/2011 10

11. New Civic Reality 1) The world is full of networked
individuals using networked information (5th estate)
Image attribution: Flickrverse, Expanding Ever with New Galaxies Forming Cobalt123
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cobalt/34248855/sizes/z/in/photostream/

12. New Civic Reality 2) Giant changes in civic culture and
mediasphere have created new opportunities for
NGOs and activists

13. New Civic Reality 3) Influence is migrating from
organizations to networks and new “experts”
Traditional experts with
new platforms, esp. blogs
Amateur experts who are
avid contributors –
sometimes with tribes
New algorithmic authorities

14. New Civic Reality 4) All organizations are under more
scrutiny and transparency is a new marker of trust
Surveillance – powerful
watch the ordinary
Sousveillance – ordinary
watch powerful
Coveillance – peers stalk
peers

15. New Civic Reality 5) There are new ways for civic actors to
reach their audiences and mobilize others
• Be their own
“media company”
• Build networks:
They matter more
now
• Be a node
• Identify influentials

16. The Big Civic Concern: Echo-chamber politics

17. Thank you!