Social Media

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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presentationOct 7, 2010

Behavior Change, Health 2.0, and the Unmentionables

Susannah Fox will guide a discussion of a combination of tools, content, and community changes that factor into health improvement. But what actually drives behavior change? And are we even asking the right questions?
presentationOct 5, 2010

The E-patient is In: How Social Networking Can Make You A Better Surgeon

Social networking may represent an effective way for surgeons to better serve, i.e., to communicate, to educate, to care, for their patients, the public, medical students, residents and the general public.
reportSep 23, 2010

Advances in Social Networking Keep Twitter Atwitter

Technology topped the agenda on Twitter last week as the powerful tech troika of Twitter, Google and Facebook all generated attention. On blogs, the focus was divided between events relating to the Afghanistan war and the death of a veteran actor. And a YouTube-based host who creates his own brand of news was popular once again.
reportSep 17, 2010

Technology Trends Among People of Color

Trends in technology use and adoption among African-Americans and Latinos
presentationSep 16, 2010

Socially Diverse: Engaging and Mobilizing Communities of Color with Social Media

Aaron Smith will speak at CAPAF’s Internet Advocacy Roundtable to discuss how to best use social media to engage and mobilize diverse constituencies.
short readsSep 13, 2010

Older Adults Tweeting

One-in-ten online adults ages 50-64 use Twitter or another status-updating service.
short readsSep 13, 2010

Email vs. Social Networks

Young adults are just as likely to check their email as their Facebook account on a typical day; older adults still favor email.
reportSep 13, 2010

The Power of Mobile

What will happen when the untapped knowledge of every patient, of every caregiver, of everyone who has something of value to share actually has the opportunity to share it?
reportSep 12, 2010

A New Phase in Our Digital Lives

The latest biennial survey on news consumption from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press reveals signs of a new era in the acquisition and consumption of news—and there is reason to expect the shift will accelerate. What is the nature of this new era, and why is it happening? A commentary on the findings by PEJ Director Tom Rosenstiel.
reportAug 27, 2010

Older Adults and Social Media

Social networking use among internet users ages 50 and older nearly doubledâ€”from 22% in April 2009 to 42% in May 2010.

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Across the Globe, People Increasingly Say Social Media Is Harming Democracy

Advances in Social Networking Keep Twitter Atwitter

Older Adults Tweeting

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