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reportOct 14, 2026

Nearly four-in-ten U.S. adults are in an online community. These virtual third spaces can take many forms, like Facebook groups, online video games or fandom forums on Reddit.

reportOct 7, 2026

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Just over half of health and wellness content on social media focuses on healthy living, while about a third discusses medical topics. And 38% of posts have a product or service promotion.

reportOct 1, 2026

Most think social media leads to manipulation and division, but they also say it informs people and gives them a voice in politics.

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presentationNov 12, 2010

HealthCampDC 2010

HealthCampDC is the latest in the HealthCamp un-conference series addressing the transformation of health care to a participatory model with active patient engagement through the use of social networking sites, open standards and web 2.0.
presentationNov 5, 2010

How libraries can serve networked individuals

Lee Rainie discusses the latest research of the Project and previews the themes of his forthcoming book, “Networking: The New Social Operating System.” He also describes how the social world of “networked individuals” is different from previous ge…
reportNov 4, 2010

4% of online Americans use location-based services

4% of online adults use a location-based service such as Foursquare or Gowalla that allows them to share their location with friends and to find others who are nearby.
reportNov 1, 2010

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Consumers are often described as the greatest untapped information resource in medicine, but our research shows that patients and caregivers are already accessing that knowledge.
presentationOct 25, 2010

Online Health Seeking: How Social Networks Can Be Healing Communities

This keynote will explore the Pew Internet Project’s latest findings on health searches and sharing on the internet and smart phones, as well as how digital technologies allow patient-centered communities to emerge and give care to those who are s…
presentationOct 21, 2010

Lessons Learned: Online Patient Communities

Susannah Fox participated in a discussion of how the maturation of online social networks, patient communities, and patient blogs affects health and health care.
short readsOct 19, 2010

Apple vs. Google

In a year-long study of tech media, Apple proved to be the most-covered technology company, besting Google, Twitter, Facebook and Microsoft.
reportOct 18, 2010

Twitter: filter, suggestion box, idea machine, window

A very subjective guide to using Twitter to stay up to date on health and technology.
reportOct 13, 2010

Video calling and video chat

19% of Americans have tried video calls or video chat or teleconferencing online and on cell phones.
reportOct 11, 2010

Building a Research Agenda for Participatory Medicine

Spot the opportunity: Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S. Nearly half of American adults use online social network sites. Networks magnify whatever they are seeded with, for good or for ill.

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