Perspectives on social media in and as research: A synthetic review

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 85-96

  Lafferty, Natalie T ^a   Manca, Annalisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ETHICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84929092665     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2015.1009419     Document Type: Review

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