Podcast: Is the Internet a Great Tool of Democracy?
Director Lee Rainie spoke with Library Beat about the social impact of the Internet, recent research, and reasons why librarians will survive in the new media ecosystem.
As usual, there are more readers and listeners than writers and creators. Health care, including online health research, is a social activity. Since 2002, Pew Internet Project surveys consistently find that about half of online health inquiries are on behalf of someone else, be it a family member, friend, or someone else. In addition, two-thirds […]
Many seek a “just-in-time someone-like-me” but few post their own stories. E-patients are using the internet to compare their options, just as they do with other major decisions,[7.numoffset=”7″ Lee Rainie, Leigh Estabrook, and Evans Witt, “Information Searches That Solve Problems.” (Pew Internet Project: December 30, 2007) See: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2007/Information-Searches-That-Solve-Problems.aspx] and to find the “just-in-time someone-like-me” who […]
Americans are tapping into a widening network of both online and offline sources. The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project conducts ongoing surveys about the social impact of the internet, including its effect on health and health care. Starting in 2000 with the findings of “The Online Health Care Revolution” and continuing over […]