The Web at 25 in the U.S.
The overall verdict: The internet has been a plus for society and an especially good thing for individual users
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
The overall verdict: The internet has been a plus for society and an especially good thing for individual users
One of the recurring themes of my work is to remind people that today is just a moment in time, that things will change — that things have changed even if you personally can’t see it yet.
85% of American adults have a cell phone, yet just 9% have signed up for health alerts via text. What is the potential for this type of intervention?
The market for mobile-ready health information continues to grow, even as health apps are just simmering along (in terms of consumer adoption, anyway).
Rural residents in the U.S. lag behind those in suburban and urban areas when it comes to technology adoption.
Have you ever wished you could unsee a photo of some condition you had Googled? We are collecting stories about the internet’s downsides related to health.
At the 19th International AIDS Conference, Susannah Fox shared a social history of the internet – our national story and her grandmother’s story.
Pew Internet asked two questions about “self-tracking” in 2010 – how should we expand this area of our research?
Stephen Wolfram predicts that we will all self-track some day, but a Pew Internet survey suggests we have a long way to go. Just 1 in 4 internet users track health data online.
How one man became the chief of a tribe he didn’t know existed, thanks to the internet.
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