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Media Mention
Pauline W. Chen, M.D., New York Times
Jun 11, 2009
I blog, I tweet and I use Facebook. And as I recently told a medical colleague, social media has been an enormously useful tool in my work.
"I can barely keep up with e-mail," he snorted back. "I’m not about to open up that black box."
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Presentation
Jun 9, 2009Susannah Fox
A hearing was held to discover privacy, security, and confidentiality issues around personal health records, social media, and the future of medicine.
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Presentation
Jun 2, 2009Mary Madden
Media-Smart Youth expert panel discussion on the integration of the internet into daily life and what this means for educational programs that seek to engage youth through new media.
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Media Mention
Jodie T. Allen, PewResearch.org
May 7, 2009
With swine flu the top topic on the public's mind last week, local television news stations and cable news networks remained the most frequented sources of information for Americans (cited as a news source on the subject by 69% and 63%, respectively)...
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Media Mention
icyou.com
May 6, 2009
Susannah Fox discusses the latest research on e-patients, including now many people are engaging in social media for health. Fox also gives advice for how patients can avoid information overload when going online. Also, find out why she says "going m...
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More in: Health, Technology User Types
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Media Mention
Sue Zeidler and Steve Gorman, Reuters
Apr 29, 2009
Swine flu chatter spread swiftly through blogs and social network sites like Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday while U.S. cable news networks' saturation coverage of the outbreak gave way to a major political story...
Much of the online buzz was pro...
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Commentary
Apr 23, 2009Susannah Fox
Participatory medicine is taking hold with both citizens and health professionals. But there are still pockets of people who lack access to the basic technology, lack the skills required to participate, or who may lack the sense that they are welcome...
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Presentation
Apr 23, 2009Susannah Fox
Technology is changing how patients navigate their health care experience. New survey data shows how e-patients are using social media to connect to each other and to information.
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Commentary
Apr 17, 2009Susannah Fox
New survey data shows that not only is there a participatory class of citizen, but there is a participatory class of patient.
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Presentation
Apr 10, 2009Amanda Lenhart
This talk presents an overview of Pew Internet project data on teens and social media, including teen tech tool ownership, communication patterns over social networks and mobile phones as well analysis of how young adults 18-29 seeking health informa...
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More in: Teens, Web 2.0, Health, Social Networking