Citizen 2.0

Citizen 2.0Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet Project04.20.2012Forum PA: RomeEmail: Lrainie@pewinternet.orgTwitter: @Lrainie PewInternet.org

Digital Revolution 1Internet (80%) and Broadband at home (66%) Home broadband Home dial-up80%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

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

The relative value of the internet topolitically active citizens is increasing100% % of internet users who get political news online80%60% 58% 47% 40%40%20% 13% 16% 15% 0% 2002 2006 2010 Internet and Politics Typical day Total 5

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

Smartphone tipping point -- 46%

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

Digital Revolution 3 Social networking – 52% of all adults100% % 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+

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

New Civic Reality 1) The world is full of networkedindividuals 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/

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

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

New Civic Reality 4) All organizations are under more scrutiny and transparency is a new marker of trustSurveillance – powerful watch the ordinarySousveillance – ordinary watch powerfulCoveillance – peers stalk peers

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

The Big Civic Concern: Echo-chamber politics

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