Expectations in the field of the Internet and health: An analysis of claims about social networking sites in clinical literature

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 468-484

  Koteyko, Nelya ^a   Hunt, Daniel ^a   Gunter, Barrie ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E health; Metaphors; Social media; Sociology of expectations

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84926368365     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12203     Document Type: Article

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