Enabling community through social media

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Gruzd, Anatoliy ^a   Haythornthwaite, Caroline ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Information and communication technology; Online community; Online social networks; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; ONLINE COMMUNITY; ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL MEDIA; TWITTER;

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; ONLINE COMMUNITY; ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL MEDIA; TWITTER;

CANADA; HEALTH PROMOTION; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84887887139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2796     Document Type: Article

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