Pew: Event: Politics in a Networked Era

If you’re in the Washington area this Thursday evening, join us for a special event at the Pew Research Center with Pew Internet founder and director Lee Rainie. With Election Day around the corner, Rainie will discuss with Pew Research Center President Andrew Kohut how politics has changed in an era of perpetual connectedness. Rainie will draw upon the latest research from Pew Internet and insights from his new book, Networked: The New Social Operating System, in exploring how the rise of the internet, cellphones and social media have reshaped campaigns and voter engagement with them. More generally, Rainie will trace how digital technology has helped change the social and political life of “networked individuals” by allowing people to act in large, loosely knit social networks.