MyHealth, Circa 2007
Tagging, blogging, and social networking sites allow internet users to search for, catalog, and disseminate information.
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Tagging, blogging, and social networking sites allow internet users to search for, catalog, and disseminate information.
Nearly two in five adult internet users in the U.S. (39%) have gone online to look for information about a place to live, up from 34% in 2004 and 27% in 2000.
51% of internet users ages 18 to 29 have looked online for housing information and 9% do so on a typical day.
More than half of internet users have taken virtual tours — nearly doubling the number who had done so in late 2004.
Fully 87% of online users have at one time used the internet to carry out research on a scientific topic or concept.
Most internet users start at a search engine when looking for health information online. Very few check the source and date of the information they find.
“Web 2.0†has become a catch-all buzzword; the Pew Internet Project and Hitwise provide data to put it in perspective.
E-patients have a huge appetite for high-quality, relevant content.
48% of internet users said they have stopped visiting certain Web sites that they fear might deposit unwanted programs – and that was before Google started warning people about wandering into unsafe territory.
Now, as the internet enters its second decade as a potent new information technology, a study of America’s news consumption puts that adolescent’s role in the media family into sharper focus and clearer context.
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