Social Media

Digital tools have added a host of new dimensions to dating, whether it be the first flirty message or making it “Facebook official.”

Close to half of those who consume news on Twitter are young people, ages 18 to 29.

Amanda Lenhart presents nine major themes from the Project’s five-report series on Teens and Online Privacy

The eight percent of U.S. adults who consume news on Twitter tend to be younger, wealthier and more highly educated than Facebook users and the population overall, according to a new analysis of Twitter users.

Twitter's large and continuing losses distinguish it from other recent high-profile technology IPOs.

More than 20 million tweets were posted on Twitter in a five day period covering the approach and aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

54% of internet users have posted original photos or videos to websites and 47% share photos or videos they found elsewhere online. Young adults and women lead the way in each of these activities.

On Facebook, the largest social media platform, news is a common but incidental experience, according to an initiative of Pew Research Center in collaboration with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

On Facebook, news is a common but incidental part of the experience, according to a new survey. Roughly two-thirds of U.S. adults use Facebook, and half of those users get news there.

I began a recent speech at a medical school with a question that many busy clinicians might be asking: How do we know that social media is important to health care?