Digital Quality of Life: Understanding the Personal & Social Benefits of the Information Technology Revolution

In this report, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation documented how IT, since the mid-1990s, has been the principal driver of increased economic growth not only in the United States but also in many other nations. However, IT is also at the core of dramatic improvements in the quality of life for individuals around the world. In this new report, it is shown how IT is the key enabler of many, if not most, of today’s key innovations and improvements in people’s lives and society—from better education and health care, to a cleaner and more energy-efficient environment, to safer and more secure communities and nations.

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Source: Zunia, Knowledge Sharing

Social Networking, the "Third Place," and the Evolution of Communication

This white paper discusses the premise that technology not only mediates interactions, but is actually changing the nature of communication itself. This release marks the first in a series of topical papers associates with the New Media Consortium's Series of Virtual Symposia (formerly the Series of Online Conferences), which are designed to explore emerging topics in education and technology using social computing technologies to bring people together online in a way that offers many of the same affordances of a face-to-face conference.

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Source: Zunia, Knowledge Exchange