Internet and Technology

short readsOct 4, 2013

Chart of the Week: The world’s most popular web sites

Search engines and social networking services are the most popular web sites in nearly every country, but Google and Facebook aren’t always the leaders.
presentationOct 4, 2013

Diabetes + Innovation 2013

Susannah Fox will speak at the Joslin Diabetes Center’s annual innovation conference in Washington, DC.
presentationOct 3, 2013

The New Library

What people do at libraries and what they’d like libraries to become
reportOct 2, 2013

New reading data from the NEA’s Survey of Public Participation in the Arts

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) recently released the findings of its latest Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, conducted in July 2012. It found 58% of all American adults ages 18 and older had engaged in “voluntary reading” within the past year.
short readsOct 1, 2013

21% of Americans without health insurance do not use the internet

Officials are hoping that the health exchange web sites will drive access and enrollment. But some of the groups most likely to not have health insurance are the same as those groups most likely to not be online.
presentationOct 1, 2013

Unmentionables of Health

This is the fourth year for the popular Unmentionables panel at Health 2.0, covering topics that aren’t discussed in health care.
presentationSep 30, 2013

Networked Learners

Four big points about the impact of technology on learning
presentationSep 30, 2013

The New Environment for Better Health Care Decisions

Susannah Fox will be the kick-off speaker for a discussion of how data is transforming health and health care.
presentationSep 29, 2013

Participatory Research

Susannah Fox will conduct a 90-minute Master Class on participatory research: models, methods, opportunities, and challenges.
presentationSep 26, 2013

The next rural library

Lee Rainie speaks about the Project’s latest research about the way people use libraries and the role they play in their communities.