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reportMar 2, 2010

Support for Alternative Energy and Offshore Drilling

Americans strongly favor increased funding for research on wind, solar and hydrogen technology and more spending on mass transit, but majorities also support offshore drilling and nuclear power. Half have heard nothing at all about “cap and trade.”
presentationFeb 23, 2010

eHealth: A Driver for Growth and Innovation

Susannah Fox will participate in a transatlantic dialogue on how technology enables innovation and transformation in health care.
presentationFeb 18, 2010

Media & Medicine in Modern America

Susannah Fox delivered a guest lecture for a history of medicine course regarding the role of the internet in health care over the last 15 years.
reportFeb 3, 2010

Social Media and Young Adults

Social media and mobile internet use among teens and young adults.
reportFeb 2, 2010

What’s the point of Health 2.0?

I believe that, although very few people engage with their health on a daily or even weekly basis, it is important to understand what they do when their attention is focused on a health question.
reportJan 21, 2010

Health Sites: Some Are More Equal Than Others

Search is central to health information gathering. Now search sites are guiding consumers to safe, trusted health websites. Is that such a bad thing?
presentationJan 20, 2010

Federal Agencies: First Responders to Health Questions

Susannah Fox will provide data on the current internet population, with a particular focus on health communication, wireless adoption, social media, and implications for public health planning.
reportJan 6, 2010

Strategic Learning for Health Care in 2010

Social media is simply the current expression of patient activation and engagement. But this time e-patients are part of a larger cultural change that assumes access to information, enables communication among disparate groups, and expects progress.
presentationDec 14, 2009

The Stupid Cancer Show

Susannah Fox discusses Pew Internet’s health research, including a special survey of people living with cancer.
reportDec 2, 2009

Global Warming Seen as a Major Problem Around the World

As leaders convene in Copenhagen to discuss climate change, they will address a concern shared around the globe. Publics are willing to sacrifice economic growth for the environment, but nations are split on which country should lead on global warming.