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    Four in ten seniors go online

    38% of adults age 65 and older go online, a significantly lower rate of adoption than the general population (74%).

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    Strategic Learning for Health Care in 2010

    Social media is simply the current expression of patient activation and engagement. But this time e-patients are part of a larger cultural change that assumes access to information, enables communication among disparate groups, and expects progress.

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    Latinos Online, 2006-2008

    64% of Latino adults ages 18 and older used the internet in 2008, compared with 54% of Latinos in 2006.

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    Teens and Sexting

    4% of cell-owners ages 12 to 17 have sent sexually suggestive images of themselves by phone; 15% of cell owners that age have received “sexts” containing images of someone they know.

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    Teens and Sexting

    How and why minor teens are sending sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images via text messaging.

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    The Stupid Cancer Show

    Susannah Fox discusses Pew Internet’s health research, including a special survey of people living with cancer.

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    Networked Learners

    How technology has affected the way “digital natives” search for, gather and act on information.