She has been lead writer of dozens of major studies funded by the Pew Research Internet and Technology Project, leading the generation of all of the Elon-Pew research reports posted on this site. Janna Quitney Anderson is professor at Elon University and executive director of the Imagining the Internet Center, based in Elon University’s School of Communications. People of the Imagining the Internet Center Their contributions are vital to identifying the key issues to attend to today to plan for the best-possible tomorrow.

A great number of these communications technology experts have spent an hour or more annually across a span of many years contributing their insights to our “Future of the Internet” surveys. The most important people behind this project: We are especially thankful for the contributions of the many thousands of people who have invested their precious time in sharing their views in response to our surveys and canvassings online and in-person and in video and audio interviews. Hundreds of people – the faculty, students, staff, advisers and friends of Elon University – worked from late 2000 to today to compile this valuable resource that identifies the positives, negatives and solutions to the emerging complications of communications evolution and illuminate people’s hopes and fears for the future of the human network in the digital age.

Carrie lightburn