PEW

In a recent PEW report by Aaron Smith on Neighborhood Communications, the article reveals how Americans use a range of approaches to keep informed about what is happening in their communities and how online activities have been added to the mix.

The recent passage of health reform legislation has brought with it the promise of unprecedented change in the delivery of care in our country. According to a recent PEW report, once online people can tap into an ever-widening pool of information including blogs, podcasts, doctor-rating sites and social network sites. The internet does not replace health professionals, but provides a way for people to gather and share information in a rapid-learning system that can best be described as "participatory medicine."

As social networking sites gain in popularity, blogging is experiencing a decline among teens (ages 12-17) and young adults (ages 18-29) while the percentage of adults blogging increased moderately from 7% to 11%.

I love the Internet! I like having access to volumes of information at my fingertips to be explored at any time of day or night. I came across a site that I thought was worth sharing - Imagining the Internet.

PEW just released a report Twitter and Status Updating, Fall 2009 indicating that a “social segment” of internet users is flocking to both social network sites and status update services. This segment is likely to grow as ever more internet users adopt mobile devices as a primary means of going online.

According to the report, some 19% of internet users now say they use Twitter or another service to share updates about themselves, or to see updates about others.