The Social Life of Health Information
Americans’ pursuit of health takes place within a widening network of both online and offline sources.
Bloggers and social media eschewed the economic crisis and European summitry last week to focus on a group of diverse topics ranging from journalism to political activism to environmentalism. Meanwhile the week’s most viewed YouTube video featured a trick shot from a basketball superstar.
Introduction From the beginning of primary season, many voters seemed to have limitless interest in the twists and turns of the 2008 presidential and other races. This fascination manifested itself in numerous ways, from record numbers of citizens following election news and tracking the progress of the race to extensive waiting-lines on polling day caused […]
Two hot button issues, torture and same-sex marriage, were the leading subjects sparking conversation online last week.
Democratic voters are less likely to go online and to be online political users than Republicans, but the Democrats who engage in the online political process do so more intensely than their GOP counterparts. Despite the great success Democrats had in using the internet this election cycle, Republicans as a whole (68%) are actually more […]