The changing nature of health information dissemination through the role of social media

Applied Mechanics and Materials

Volumn 411-414, Issue , 2013, Pages 110-114

  Dumbrell, Dan ^a   Steele, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analysis and retrieval of media content; Health information; Social media

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; MEDIA CONTENT; NEW FORMS; ONLINE HEALTH INFORMATION; SOCIAL MEDIA;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 84886309880     PISSN: 16609336     EISSN: 16627482     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.411-414.110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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