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Two thirds of online Americans say they have purchased a product online, such as a book, toy, music or clothing.
Quick answers to frequently-asked questions: Is a cultural shift affecting health care? How do people judge the quality of health information online? Are patients ready for this?
Recent trends in Internet and mobile use and how information seekers come in different shapes and sizes.
Slides about teen content creators, shown at The Power of Youth Voice: What Kids Learn When They Create With Digital Media.
Social media is proliferating, inside and outside the classroom. What have we learned and what is on the horizon?
NPR’s Morning Edition story, “Patients Turn to Online Buddies for Help Healing,” combined research and real-life examples, participatory medicine and health data rights.
Twenty-six percent of American teens of driving age say they have texted while driving, and half (48%) of all teens ages 12 to 17 say they’ve been a passenger while a driver has texted behind the wheel.
About one-in-five internet users now say they use Twitter or another similar service, up from 11% in April.
The median age of a Twitter user is 31.
The FDA should hear about the reality of the information marketplace, which is increasingly mobile and social, not about the past failings of consumers to check the source and date of health information online.
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