Trumblog

These are my links for August 26, 2008 through September 5, 2008:

• Brave New World of Digital Intimacy: I’m So Totally, Digitally Close to You – Impact of ambient awareness through Facebook, Twitter, Friend Feed on relationships, community, etc.
• Striking Jump in Consumers Seeking Health Care Information – The proportion of Americans using the Internet as an information source grew the most rapidly, doubling from 16 percent in 2001 to 32 percent in 2007, on par with their use of the more traditional, longstanding sources: books, magazines and newspapers (33 percent) and friends or relatives (31 percent).
  * The proportion of seniors using the internet to seek health information increased from 7 percent in 2001 to 18 percent in 2007.
  * People with chronic conditions are more likely to seek health information. For example, two in three people with two or more chronic conditions (66 percent) sought health information in 2007, compared with one in two people without any chronic conditions (50 percent).
  * Women are more likely than men, younger consumers are more likely than older consumers, whites and African Americans are more likely than Hispanics, and people with the highest incomes are more likely than those with the lowest incomes to seek health information.
• Number of “Cyberchondriacs” – Adults Going Online for Health Information – Has Plateaued or Declined – "Cyberchondriacs," people going online for health care information reached 150 million and includes 66 percent of all adults and 81 percent of those who are online.
  * A quarter (25%) of those online go online for health care information often;
  * On average, cyberchondriacs look for healthcare information online 4.8 times a month;
  * The overwhelming majority of cyberchondriacs continue to believe that the information they obtain is reliable (86%) and report that they were successful (89%) in their search;
  * Just under half (47%) of cyberchondriacs have discussed the information they obtained online with their doctors, and virtually half (49%) of cyberchondriacs have gone online to look for information as a result of discussions with their doctors.
• Study: Blogs Love Obama, News Sites Love McCain. But McCain Is Catching Up By Going Negative. – A new study by Attributor that is being released today shows that McCain is actually leading on mainstream news sites and catching up on blogs, especially as he and his supporters have been increasing their attacks on Obama.
• With Canon, Loyalty Has its Privileges – If you have a broken S-series, G-series, or Digital Elph camera, you can choose a refurbished PowerShot SD850 IS for approximately $150, a refurbished PowerShot G9 for $250, or a refurbished Rebel XT with a 18-55mm kit lens for approximately $275. For the A-series cameras and camcorders, there are different upgrade options as well.

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