We are living in an online world which may increase or decrease our social values.

Digital future 2007 has showcase all but online health information behaviours: here what their study came out with :

“Overall, more than three quarters of Americans aged 12 and older are now online, with 68 percent of these using the internet at home, up from 46.9 percent in 2000. Moreover, 50 percent of Americans now access the internet through a broadband connection.

However, increased broadband adoption at home is causing concern with a small but growing percentage of adults saying that the children in their households spend too much time using the internet. Nonetheless, almost 70 percent of parents said that their children spent the right amount of time online.

The study also found that the number of American internet users who keep a blog has more than doubled over the past three years. According to the report, 7.4 percent of users now use blogs, compared to 3.2 percent in 2003. In addition, 12.5 percent of online Americans now maintain their own website.”