Americans love online technology, but it may come at a cost to their personal and professional lives.
A decade of studies by the Center for the Digital Future, a unit at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, creates a portrait of the American Internet user reaping the benefits of online activity while at the same time paying a high price in the form of time, privacy and well-being.
“After 10 years of studies, we find that the strengths, as well as the consequences of technology, are more profound than ever,” said research professor Jeffrey Cole, director of the Center for the Digital Future at USC. “At one extreme, we see users with the ability to have constant social connection, unlimited access to information and unprecedented buying power. At the other extreme, we find extraordinary demands on our time, major concerns about privacy and vital questions about the proliferation of technology – including a range of issues that didn’t exist 10 years ago.
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