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    The Presidential Campaign Heats Up Online

    The GOP presidential hopefuls were a major topic for bloggers and Twitter users last week as two other subjects also generated significant interest in both social media platforms—the Occupy Wall Street protests and the life and legacy of Steve Jobs.

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    Medicine 2.0: Peer-to-peer healthcare

    Peer-to-peer healthcare is a way for people to do what they have always done – lend a hand, lend an ear, lend advice – but at internet speed and at internet scale.

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    Reading, Writing, & Research in the Digital Age

    Director Lee Rainie looked at the “state of reading” in the digital age by going through Pew Internet data about how teens use the internet, smartphones, and social networking sites. He argued that reading is now 1) raw material for further creati…

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    Medicine 2.0

    The internet provides access not only to information, but also to each other, and Pew Internet’s research documents how this has transformed the health communications landscape over the last 10 years.

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    III. College Presidents and Their Use of Technology

    College presidents are adept at using multiple forms of technology. They have high rates of access to technology, with 91% of presidents reporting they use a laptop computer at least occasionally, 88% saying they use a smartphone and 87% saying they use a desktop computer. They are also early adopters of new technologies such as […]

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    Focus on Smartphone Owners

    One-third of American adults (35%) own a smartphone of some kind as of May 2011, and these users stand in marked contrast to cell owners with more basic devices in terms of how they utilize their mobile devices and incorporate them into their lives. Picture taking and text messaging are the most ubiquitous functions used […]

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    The Digital Revolution and Higher Education

    As online college courses are becoming more prevalent, the public is skeptical about their educational value. According to a recent Pew Research survey, only 29% of Americans say online classes are equal in value to classes taken in person.

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    The Digital Revolution and Higher Education

    As online college courses have become increasingly prevalent, the general public and college presidents offer different assessments of their educational value.

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    Bloggers Cheer as Netflix Reverses Course

    The Netflix decision to drop earlier plans to split its services was seen as a victory for the power of social media last week. The iPhone 4S continued to be a hot topic on both blogs and Twitter. And a bloody goring at a bullfight was the most popular YouTube video.

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    The Digital Revolution and Higher Education

    As online college courses have become increasingly prevalent, the general public and college presidents offer different assessments of their educational value, according to a new Pew Research Center report.

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