Motivations for contributing to health-related articles on wikipedia: An interview study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Farič, Nuša ^a   Potts, Henry W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Motivation; Social media; Wikipedia; Wikis; Writing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918505956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3569     Document Type: Article

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