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    Health Information is a Popular Pursuit Online

    59% of all adults in the U.S. look for health information online. Eight in ten internet users look online for health information, making it the third most popular online activity among all those included in the Pew Internet Project’s surveys.[1. numoffset=”1″ “Generations 2010” (Pew Internet Project: December 16, 2010). Available at: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2010/Generations-2010.aspx] Internet access drives […]

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    About the Survey

    The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted December 1-5, 2010 among a national sample of 1,500 adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental United States (1,000 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 500 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 201 who had no landline […]

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    Public Still Focused on Egypt as Coverage Fades

    Summary of Findings The public’s interest in developments in Egypt remained high last week as the media focused increasingly on domestic debates over how to deal with the fiscal troubles facing many states and how to bring down the federal deficit. About a third of the public (32%) says they followed news about the situation […]

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    Cohabitation a Step Toward Marriage?

    Among Americans who have ever lived with an unmarried partner, nearly two-thirds say they thought about it as a step toward marriage.

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    As Gas Prices Spike, More See Economic News as Bad

    A growing awareness of bad news about gas prices has, at least for now, reversed Americans’ more positive perceptions of economic news in recent months. Nearly four-in-ten (38%) say they are hearing mostly bad news about the economy, up from 29% in February, according to the latest News Interest Index survey conducted March 3-6 among […]

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    Interest in Egypt News Surges as Mubarak Departs

    Summary of Findings The sudden conclusion to Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year reign in Egypt dominated both news coverage and the public’s news interest last week. Fully 48% say they followed news about Egyptian protests and Mubarak’s resignation more closely than any other story, far surpassing the week’s other stories. The news media devoted 39% of coverage […]

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    Global Publics Embrace Social Networking

    In regions around the world – and in countries with varying levels of economic development – people who use the internet are using it for social networking. Other forms of technology are also increasingly popular: cell phone ownership and computer usage have grown significantly across the globe over the last three years, and they have risen dramatically since 2002. Consistently, these technologies are especially popular among young people.

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    Global Publics Embrace Social Networking

    Although still a relatively young technology, social networking is already a global phenomenon. A 22-nation survey finds that in regions around the world, people who use the internet are using it for social networking. Cell phone ownership and computer usage are also increasingly popular across the globe.

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    Different Sources for Different Kinds of Information

    Professionals or peers? Both. In March 1999, Tom Ferguson, a medical doctor and self-care advocate, and Bill Kelly, cofounder of  Sapient Health Network, fielded a survey of an online patient community which asked members to rate the most useful resource for twelve dimensions of medical care.[14. numoffset=”14″ “E-Patients Prefer eGroups to Doctors for 10 of […]