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reportApr 7, 2026

Health care providers are a key source for health information. Smaller shares get health information from social media and AI.

short readMar 24, 2026

People watch as others drive away from the Palisades Fire on Jan. 7, 2025, in Pacific Palisades, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

When a breaking news event happens, 36% of U.S. adults say they typically turn first to their preferred news organization to get more information.

short readMar 2, 2026

In the wake of TikTok’s deal to make its U.S. operations backed largely by non-Chinese investors, here’s what we know about Americans and TikTok.

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presentationJun 10, 2010

“How do [they] even do that?” A Pew Internet guide to teens, young adults, mobile phones and social media

This talk confirms, complicates or debunks common wisdom around teens and young adults and their use and attitudes towards technologies. Amanda looks at how teens and young adults use mobile phones and social networks, and charts their changing re…
reportJun 9, 2010

Neighbors Online

One in five Americans use digital tools to communicate with neighbors and monitor community developments.
reportJun 3, 2010

In Social Media, Technology Drives the News Agenda

The debate over the popular social networking site Facebook and the issue of privacy rights led a technology-focused week on social media. On Twitter, more than half of the news links were about Apple, a favorite Twitter topic. On YouTube, an ad about immigration featuring a frog puppet received the most views.
reportJun 3, 2010

The State of Online Video

69% of online adults have used the internet to watch or download video, with 18-29 year-olds leading the way. Comedy has supplanted news as the most viewed type of video online.
reportJun 2, 2010

Making Health Data Sing (Even If It’s A Familiar Song)

The innovators being showcased today at the Community Health Data Initiative event are examples of people who want to talk about health disparities AND do something about it.
reportMay 26, 2010

Reputation Management and Social Media

How people monitor and maintain their identity through search and social media.
reportMay 26, 2010

Reputation management and social media: Our digital footprints

What we think others can see about us online
reportMay 23, 2010

New Media, Old Media

The stories and issues that gain traction in social media differ substantially from those that lead in the mainstream press. But they also differ greatly from each other. Across a year-long study of blogs, Twitter and YouTube, the three platforms shared the same top story just once. What are the stories and issues that dominate in theses platforms? And what media outlets tend to provide those stories? A new year-long study by report offers answers.
presentationMay 23, 2010

The Power of the Web

Susannah Fox will provide a sneak preview of an upcoming report on how people living with cancer use the internet, in addition to an overview of already-released findings on the social life of health information.
reportMay 21, 2010

A New Conversation About Health Privacy

Mobile, social technologies are tapping in to a human need to connect with each other, to share, to lend a helping hand, and to laugh. I’d like to start a conversation about health privacy that includes an open dialogue about the risks and benefit…

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Where Do Americans Get Health Information, and What Do They Trust?

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