Health Online 2013
35% of U.S. adults have gone online to figure out a medical condition; of these, half followed up with a visit to a medical professional.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
35% of U.S. adults have gone online to figure out a medical condition; of these, half followed up with a visit to a medical professional.
Youth are sharing more personal information on their profiles than in the past. They choose private settings for Facebook, but share with large networks of friends.
The well-educated and the well-off are more likely than others to participate in civic life online, just as those groups have always been more likely to be active in politics and community affairs offline.
Susannah Fox provided data and insights about how Americans are presently using the internet and social media to assess healthcare quality.
66% of social media users have employed the platforms for at least one of eight civic or political activities with social media
18% of users have shunned “friends” who have different ideas and 16% have found friends whose beliefs match their own
Those who are active in church, religious, or spiritual organizations are often more deeply involved in their communities than those who are not members of such groups.
As mobile, social tools spread throughout the population, people are connecting with each other. Why not harness those tools for health?
85% of the adults who use social media report that people are usually kind on the sites. At the same time, 49% have witnessed mean and offensive behavior and they usually respond by ignoring it.
The effect of Facebook “power users” on everybody else
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