Networked-轻识

Daily life is connected life, its rhythms driven by endless email pings and responses, the chimes and beeps of continually arriving text messages, tweets and retweets, Facebook updates, pictures and videos to post and discuss. Our perpetual connectedness gives us endless opportunities to be part of the give-and-take of networking. Some worry that this new environment makes us isolated and lonely. But in Networked, Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman show how the large, loosely knit social circles of networked individuals expand opportunities for learning, problem solving, decision making, and personal interaction. The new social operating system of "networked individualism" liberates us from the restrictions of tightly knit groups; it also requires us to develop networking skills and strategies, work on maintaining ties, and balance multiple overlapping networks. Rainie and Wellman outline the "triple revolution" that has brought on this transformation: the rise of social networking, the capacity of the Internet to empower individuals, and the always-on connectivity of mobile devices. Drawing on extensive evidence, they examine how the move to networked individualism has expanded personal relationships beyond households and neighborhoods; transformed work into less hierarchical, more team-driven enterprises; encouraged individuals to create and share content; and changed the way people obtain information. Rainie and Wellman guide us through the challenges and opportunities of living in the evolving world of networked individuals.

李·雷尼（Lee Rainie），美国最大权威民间调查机构皮尤研究中心互联网与美国生活项目主任，在互联网、新媒体技术发展及其对人们社交行为、生活方式的影响等领域追踪研究二十多年，总结了人们线上生活发生的多种变化和社会变迁的特点。他还是仅次于《时代》周刊和《新闻周刊》的美国三大杂志之一《美国新闻与世界报道》总编。

巴里·威尔曼（Barry Wellman），加拿大皇家学院院士，多伦多大学社会学教授，IBM多伦多研究中心和知识管理研究院研究员，美国社会学协会社区与信息技术部和城市社会学部名誉顾问。领导组建了多伦多大学网络实验室。致力于研究网络社区、通信与计算机和社会发展之间的联系，探讨虚拟社区的基本特征。