In partnership with Vicky Rideout and I, Common Sense Media created fact sheets about multiple groups included in our national study (Latinx, Black, female, LGBTQ+ youth, to name a few) and I thought I’d share each slice of data in a series of posts. The complete survey findings, methodology, quotes from participants, fact sheets, and questionnaire […]
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Depression, social media use, and digital health
In partnership with Vicky Rideout and I, Common Sense Media created fact sheets based on our national study and I thought I’d share slices of data in a series of posts. The complete survey findings, methodology, quotes from participants, fact sheets, and questionnaire are available here. Here’s the 10-second summary for this featured group, young people […]
Coping with COVID-19
I am thrilled to share that my research partners and I will release a new survey report on March 17: Coping with COVID-19: How Young People Use Digital Media to Manage Their Mental Health. In 2018, Vicky Rideout and I collected data and stories from a nationally-representative sample of 14- to 22-year-olds, many of whom […]
Why entrepreneurs should listen to patients & caregivers
I am thrilled to share this excerpt from the Harvard Business Review article I wrote, “How Chronic-Disease Patients Are Innovating Together Online”: The internet gives us virtually unlimited access to each other. That deceptively simple insight is an untapped opportunity in health care. When companies are searching for their next idea, they should look to […]
“Human stories really are what drive us…”
The more we open access to the data, information, and tools people need to solve their own problems, the better. That’s the essential message of the research and consulting I’m engaged in these days, helping leaders to see the opportunities that spring, for example, from tapping into the zeitgeist of social platforms and new data […]
Half of 18- to 22-year-olds seek peer health advice online
A 2018 national survey by Hopelab and Well Being Trust uncovered an astonishing finding: Fully half (51%) of 18- to 22-year-olds say they have tried to find people online with health concerns similar to their own. That is double the percentage of teens (14- to 17-year-olds) who reported doing this activity and it’s much higher […]
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