1 AIDS.gov Beyond the Myth: New Media Use & Communities of Color INTRODUCTIONS Jennie Anderson Communications Director, AIDS.gov John Snow, Inc. PRESENTER Miguel Gomez Director, AIDS.gov Office of HIV/AIDS Policy, HHS Special thanks: Josie Halpern-Finnerty & Denean Standing
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Beyond the Myth:New Media Use & Communities of Color
INTRODUCTIONSJennie AndersonCommunications Director, AIDS.govJohn Snow, Inc.
PRESENTERMiguel GomezDirector, AIDS.govOffice of HIV/AIDS Policy, HHS
Special thanks: Josie Halpern-Finnerty & Denean Standing
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Why we care.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1.
To understand how communities of color use the internet and new media for health information.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVE 2.
Learn about a variety of new media tools to help us connect, create, collaborate and listen.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVE 3.
Identify the steps to starting a new media strategy.
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“Consumers want their media when they want it,
how they want it and in whatever quantities they
want it.” - Price-Waterhouse, 2006
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• U.S. adults online: 74%1
• U.S. 18-29 year olds online: 87%2
• U.S. Adults who have ever gone online to look for health information:150 million (2008)3
(Represents 66% of all adults and 81% of those online)
1,2. Pew Internet & American Life Project: “Demographics of Internet Users” (December 2008), Available at: http://www.pewinternet.org/trends/User_Demo_Jan_2009.htm. Accessed on 1/27/09.
3. Harris Interactive Inc., “Adults Who Have Ever Gone Online for Health Information” (July 2008), Available at: http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=937. Accessed on 1/27/09.
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% of young adults 18-25 who use internet for health information
• 11% of Latinos• 12% of African Americans• 13% of Native Americans• 22% of Whites• 23% Asian Americans
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All Whites (75%)
All Blacks (59%)
English-Speaking Hispanics (80%)
73%* of the population reports using the internet or email. Here is a breakdown of use among different online groups.(shown as a percentage of population online)
18-29 Years Old (90%)
30-49 Years Old (85%)
50-64 Years Old (70%)
65+ Years Old (35%)
No High School Degree (44%)
College Graduates
(91%)
<$30K Income (53%)
>$75K Income (95%)
Men (73%)Women (73%)
*Source: Pew Internet & American Life Survey, May 2008. http://www.pewinternet.org
** This statistic comes from the Pew Internet Project’s Latinos Online data, collected June-October, 2006.
High School Graduates (63%)
Urban (74%)
Rural (63%)
Suburban (77%)
Spanish-Dominant Hispanics (32%)**
AIDS.gov55%* of the population reports using a high-speed connection (e.g., DSL, cable, wireless) when accessing the internet from home. Here is a breakdown of use among different online groups.(shown as a percentage of population using a high-speed connection from home)
Whites (56%)
Blacks (41%)
English-Speaking Hispanics (55%)
18-29 Years Old (69%)
30-49 Years Old (68%)
50-64 Years Old (49%)
65+ Years Old (19%)
No High School Degree (29%)
College Graduates (78%)
<$30K Income (31%)
>$75K Income (82%)
Men (57%)
Women (52%)
High School Graduates (39%)
Urban (56%)
Suburban (59%)
Rural (38%)
*Source: Pew Internet & American Life Survey, May 2008.http://www.pewinternet.org
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• “In New Mexico, a state where 10 percent of the land is tribal, home computer ownership for Native families is estimated at 14% and home Internet access at 8%." "Toward Equality of Access: The Role of Public Libraries in Addressing the Digital Divide." The Gates Foundation, 2004.
• 24% of American Indian/Alaska Native students use the Internet at home. "Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Minorities," the National Center for Educational Statistics, September 2007. Available at: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/minoritytrends/ind_5_19.asp
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“Let us be the generation that reshapes our economy to compete in
the digital age…and let's invest in scientific research, and let's lay
down broadband lines through the heart of inner cities and rural towns
all across America.” - BARACK OBAMA,
Presidential Announcement Speech Springfield, IL, February 10 ,2007
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What is new media?
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Wordle Exercise
What words come to mind when you hear “new media”?
What is Wordle?
• Wordle is a tool for generating a visual image from text that you provide.
• Wordle gives greater prominence to words that appear more frequently.
New/Social Media• Web 2.0• User-generated• Trusted• Accessible• Affordable• Often a place to meet/social
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Transparent
Inclusive
Authentic
Vibrant
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Blogs
Podcasts
RSS Feeds
Social Network Sites
Text Messaging
Video Games
Video/Photo Sharing
Virtual Worlds
Widgets
Wikis
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New media helps us connect, create, collaborate, and listen.
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What are they?• Blog is short for a “web log”, often a personal
journal written in chronological order. Most blogs enable visitors to comment.
Who is using them?• There are more than 133 million blogs1
• There are approximately 13.6 million health bloggers2
Blogs
1. Technorati, “State of the Blogosphere” (2008), Available at: http://technorati.com/blogging/state-of-the-blogosphere. Accessed 1/27/09.
2. Envision Solutions Insight Report, “The Evolving Health Blogosphere,” Available at: http://www.envisionsolutionsnow.com/healthblogosphere.html. Accessed 1/27/09
What are they?• Sites where people connect, share music, blogs,
photos, etc. • Facebook, MySpace, PatientsLikeMe, Daily
Strength, Eons, Sermo
Who is using them?• MySpace: Over 76 million monthly active users• Facebook: More than 54.5 million monthly active
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Social Networking Sites (SNS)
1. TechCrunch, “Social Networking: Will Facebook Overtake MySpace in the U.S. in 2009?” (January 2009), Available at: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/13/social-networking-will-facebook-overtake-myspace-in-the-us-in-2009/ . Accessed 1/27/09.
Who is using wikis?• 36% of American adult Internet users
have used a wiki• 8th top referring site to AIDS.gov
Wikis
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Wikipedia• 2.7 million
articles in English
• 75,000 active contributors
• 10 million articles
• 260 languages1
1. Wikipedia “Wikipedia: About,” Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About. Accessed on 1/27/09.
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WidgetsWhat are they?
A widget is a small application that can be posted to a website or blog and displays information that invites the user to act in a number of ways.
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What is a podcast?
• An audio file or video available on the Internet. You may listen or view these files on your desktop, or download onto a mobile device like an iPod or other portable player
• Often series, subscription-based
Who is podcasting?• 18% of Americans having ever listened to an audio
podcast• 16% having ever watched a video podcast1
Podcasts
1. Edison Media Research — The Podcast Consumer Revealed (April 2008), Available at: http://www.edisonresearch.com/home/archives/2008/04/the_podcast_con_1.php Accessed on 1/27/09.
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In 2008, 216 million people downloaded a video podcast and 215 million downloaded