Twitter Update
About one-in-five internet users now say they use Twitter or another similar service, up from 11% in April.
Tell the FDA the whole story, please
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.
Informatics for Consumer Health: Privacy, Security and Confidentiality
As part of a panel on privacy, security, and confidentiality, Susannah Fox discussed the "shadow economy" of health data that has sprung up, with all the dangers and opportunities of an unregulated market.
Social Isolation and New Technology
How the internet and mobile phones impact Americans' social networks.
Surviving in the new information ecology
Lee discusses the latest findings of the Pew Internet Project and why they suggest that libraries can play a role in people’s social networks in the future.
Trends in medical searches online: How e-patients use the internet
New trend charts showing how e-patients use the internet and search for health information online.
Trends: The Social Life of Health Information
Connected patients spread new ideas, new treatments, and new ways of approaching a condition. Put them on your team.
The Twitter Question
How we measure Twitter and status updating (and an invitation to help us improve).
The New Library User and how to Serve Her (and Him)
A look at the new needs and experiences of information seekers and media makers
Portrait of a Twitter user: Status update demographics
Some 19% of internet users now say they use Twitter or another service to share updates about themselves, or to see updates about others. This represents a significant increase over previous surveys in December 2008 and April 2009, when 11% of inter...
