Imagining the Internet Center

A new survey by Elon's Imagining the Internet Center and the Pew Research Center focuses on the impact of technology on democracy.

On the 50th anniversary of the first host-to-host computer connection of ARPANET, experts predict digital life will primarily change humans’ existence for the better over the next 50 years, but they also warn of the need to better serve individuals’ rights, security, safety and equality.

Led by Assistant Professor Alex Luchsinger, four student journalists recorded documentary video interviews with global Internet Hall of Fame inductees, including Larry Irving and Jean Armour Polly.

A team of 20 School of Communications students prepared and led by four faculty and staff is providing the only full-day journalistic coverage of the multi-event Internet Governance Forum-USA at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.

Members of Elon’s faculty and staff, along with retiring employees, were honored May 15 for excellence and service to Elon.

School of Communications Professor Janna Anderson and Advisory Board member Lee Rainie gave an address on “trust in the digital future” on Feb. 20 in Washington, D.C.

 

Elon and Pew surveyed nearly 1,000 leading technologists about the wide-ranging impact of artificial intelligence on the quality of life of individuals.

The School of Communications Imagining the Internet team produced more than 600 video clips featuring 154 people from 55 nation-states at the 13th annual Internet Governance Forum, facilitated by the United Nations.

 

The inventor of the World Wide Web has received the Imagining the Internet Areté Medallion for his nearly three decades of outstanding work as a distinguished humanist innovator and technologist role model. 

A third of experts predict digital life will be mostly harmful to individuals in the next decade. Many are more hopeful, but the vast majority of experts agree measures should be taken to improve people’s ties to technology.