Social Isolation and New Technology
How the internet and mobile phones impact Americans’ social networks.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
How the internet and mobile phones impact Americans’ social networks.
Federal agencies can, and should, be the first responders to health questions. Social media can help.
As the audience for online video continues to grow, a leading edge of internet users are migrating their viewing from their computer screens to their TV screens.
Americans’ pursuit of health takes place within a widening network of both online and offline sources.
Participatory medicine is taking hold with both citizens and health professionals. But there are still pockets of people who lack access to the basic technology, lack the skills required to participate, or who may lack the sense that they are welc…
As of December 2008, 11% of online American adults said they used a service like Twitter or another service that allowed them to share updates about themselves or to see the updates of others.
A survey of experts shows they expect major tech advances as the phone becomes a primary device for online access, voice-recognition improves, and the structure of the Internet itself improves. They disagree about whether this will lead to more soci…
Here’s a roundup of the biggest technology predictions experts are making for 2008.
More teens are creating and sharing material on the internet. 28% of online teens have blogs, up from 2004 with growth fueled almost entirely by girls. “Super communicators” rise as email fades as a tool for teens.
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