Dear Friends and Colleagues, Lee Rainie and I are writing a book, Networked, for MIT Press. It's about Networked Individualism: the swing to people operating their own networks, in part via the Internet and mobile communciation. We'd love your help in coming up with iconic figures. The stimulus list is below, but be creative. Partial responses would be great. THis is not a pass/fail quiz. We'll circulate the good ones, though, when we're done. Responses should go to both Lee and me. lrainie@pewinternet.org Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________ Let's conjure figures in contemporary fiction who would be iconic Networked Individuals. Same for movies. Same for music. Same for TV shows. Same for non-fiction. We would like to sprinkle references throughout the book to pop culture figures and/or pop culture episodes that EVERYONE would recognize as emblematic of the new age of Networked Individualism.

Who is the Oprah (cultural icon) of NI?

Who's the Augie March?

Who's the Willie Loman?

Who's the John Cheever/John Updike character?

Who's the Dylan-like balladeer of NI?

Which Neil Simon/Harold Pinter play embraces NI?

Who's the Dirty Harry/Jack Ryan of Networked Individualism?

Thanks,

Lee

Director Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project 1615 L Street NW - Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20036 202-419-4510 Website: http://www.pewinternet.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/lrainie