{"id":1063,"date":"2013-01-11T11:06:46","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T11:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2022-12-05T04:34:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T09:34:58","slug":"conducting-surveys-in-the-post-information-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/conducting-surveys-in-the-post-information-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Conducting Surveys in the Post-Information Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Information Age was characterized by easy access to previously hard to get information. This period was fueled by the increased use of personal computers and the widespread use of the internet. And in the post-information age, we lead an even greater percentage of our lives online, and \u201cGoogling\u201d has become a verb.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/iStock_000022083232Small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1068\" title=\"Online Surveys\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/iStock_000022083232Small-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"Online Survey Tool\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/iStock_000022083232Small-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/iStock_000022083232Small-420x300.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/iStock_000022083232Small.jpg 820w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"My Geeky Life 2.0\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mygeekylife.com\/?p=231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Joseph Lopez<\/a> partly defines the post-information age as the ability to \u201cassemble ad-hoc networks of information through various mediums and sources.\u201d Helped by the creation of massive online data repositories such as Wikipedia, the \u201cGoogle\u201d generation has the ability to observe, analyze and synthesize ideas at an amazing rate.<\/p>\n<p>The ability to acquire and interpret information has overtaken the need to <i>possess<\/i> information.<\/p>\n<p>What does this mean for survey research? It means we no longer have use for survey tools that only design, collect and analyze. It means being able to quickly crunch and disseminate data, while maintaining data integrity. It means being able to respond rapidly to consumer complaints and problems. It means being able to merge your data in order to identify and respond to important trends.<\/p>\n<p>Consumers are more connected and tech savvy than at any point in history.<\/p>\n<p>Sogolytics understands that you must keep pace with your customers in order to retain them. <a title=\"Distributing Your Survey Leveraging Distribution Channels\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/distributing-your-survey-leveraging-distribution-channels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social Media Integration<\/a>, <a title=\"Rules n Alerts in a Post Information World\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/using-rules-alerts-in-a-post-information-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rules &amp; Alerts<\/a> and <a title=\"Distributing Your Survey Obtaining High Quality Data\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/distributing-your-survey-obtaining-high-quality-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data Integrity<\/a> are just a few of the features we provide that help you compete in today\u2019s post-information world.<\/p>\n<p>Information is still important. But in the post-information age, it\u2019s the ability to use this information proactively instead of re actively that separates successful companies from those that fail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Information Age was characterized by easy access to previously hard to get information. This period was fueled by the increased use of personal computers and the widespread use of the internet. And in the post-information age, we lead an even greater percentage of our lives online, and \u201cGoogling\u201d has become a verb. Dr. Joseph Lopez partly defines the post-information age as the ability to \u201cassemble ad-hoc networks of information through various mediums and sources.\u201d Helped by the creation of massive online data repositories such as Wikipedia, the \u201cGoogle\u201d generation has the ability to observe, analyze and synthesize ideas at an amazing rate. The ability to acquire and interpret information has overtaken the need to possess information. What does this mean for survey research? It means we no longer have use for survey tools that only design, collect and analyze. It means being able to quickly crunch and disseminate data, while maintaining data integrity. It means being able to respond rapidly to consumer complaints and problems. It means being able to merge your data in order to identify and respond to important trends. Consumers are more connected and tech savvy than at any point in history. Sogolytics understands that you must keep pace with your customers in order to retain them. Social Media Integration, Rules &amp; Alerts and Data Integrity are just a few of the features we provide that help you compete in today\u2019s post-information world. Information is still important. But in the post-information age, it\u2019s the ability to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[273,60,257],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.7.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Conducting Surveys in the Post-Information Age - Sogolytics Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If the Post-information Age has not only changed our accessibility to information, but also how we use our survey tools. Quickly crunch and dissemination of data is today&#039;s mantra.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/conducting-surveys-in-the-post-information-age\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Conducting Surveys in the Post-Information Age - Sogolytics Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If the Post-information Age has not only changed our accessibility to information, but also how we use our survey tools. Quickly crunch and dissemination of data is today&#039;s mantra.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/conducting-surveys-in-the-post-information-age\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sogolytics Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-01-11T11:06:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-05T09:34:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/iStock_000022083232Small-300x214.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sogolytics\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/conducting-surveys-in-the-post-information-age\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/conducting-surveys-in-the-post-information-age\/\",\"name\":\"Conducting Surveys in the Post-Information Age - Sogolytics Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-11T11:06:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-05T09:34:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/137ad89cc093b0bb889c68e4b1825fb1\"},\"description\":\"If the Post-information Age has not only changed our accessibility to information, but also how we use our survey tools. Quickly crunch and dissemination of data is today's mantra.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/conducting-surveys-in-the-post-information-age\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/conducting-surveys-in-the-post-information-age\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/conducting-surveys-in-the-post-information-age\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Conducting Surveys in the Post-Information Age\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Sogolytics Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/137ad89cc093b0bb889c68e4b1825fb1\",\"name\":\"Sogolytics\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/author\/sogosurvey\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Conducting Surveys in the Post-Information Age - Sogolytics Blog","description":"If the Post-information Age has not only changed our accessibility to information, but also how we use our survey tools. Quickly crunch and dissemination of data is today's mantra.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/conducting-surveys-in-the-post-information-age\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Conducting Surveys in the Post-Information Age - Sogolytics Blog","og_description":"If the Post-information Age has not only changed our accessibility to information, but also how we use our survey tools. Quickly crunch and dissemination of data is today's mantra.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/conducting-surveys-in-the-post-information-age\/","og_site_name":"Sogolytics Blog","article_published_time":"2013-01-11T11:06:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-12-05T09:34:58+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/iStock_000022083232Small-300x214.jpg"}],"author":"Sogolytics","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/conducting-surveys-in-the-post-information-age\/","url":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/conducting-surveys-in-the-post-information-age\/","name":"Conducting Surveys in the Post-Information Age - Sogolytics Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-01-11T11:06:46+00:00","dateModified":"2022-12-05T09:34:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/137ad89cc093b0bb889c68e4b1825fb1"},"description":"If the Post-information Age has not only changed our accessibility to information, but also how we use our survey tools. Quickly crunch and dissemination of data is today's mantra.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/conducting-surveys-in-the-post-information-age\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/conducting-surveys-in-the-post-information-age\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/conducting-surveys-in-the-post-information-age\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Conducting Surveys in the Post-Information Age"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/","name":"Sogolytics Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/137ad89cc093b0bb889c68e4b1825fb1","name":"Sogolytics","url":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/author\/sogosurvey\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1063"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55726,"href":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063\/revisions\/55726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}