The Internet’s Growing Role in Life’s Major Moments
60 million Americans say that the internet helped them make big decisions or negotiate their way through major episodes in their lives.
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Blogs and health care
Blogs are part of the bigger story about dramatic change in people’s information environments. This presentation on health-related blogs focuses on their implication for health providers in communicating with patients and caregivers.
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The Strength of Internet Ties
The internet helps maintain people’s social networks, and connects them to members of their social network when they need help. 60 million Americans have turned to the internet for help with major life decisions.
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Medicare D and the Internet
I recently helped my parents enroll in their new Medicare prescription drug plans using the Medicare.gov website…
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Big jump in search engine use
Nearly 60 million online Americans use search engines on an average day.
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Dr. Mom Goes Online
Many parents go online to get information about their kids’ upcoming surgical procedures.
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The Internet at School
There has been a 45% increase since 2000 in the number of teenagers who use the internet at school.
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Teens and Technology
Today’s American teens live in a world enveloped by communications technologies; the internet and cell phones have become a central force that fuels the rhythm of daily life.
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Informed Patients
Millions of Americans will welcome new access to industrial-strength health information — but they’ll miss the articles from one major journal.
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Do-it-yourself Information
Some 55% of adult internet users have looked for “how-to,” “do-it-yourself” or repair information online.