The content of social media's shared images about Ebola: A retrospective study

Public Health

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1273-1277

  Seltzer, E K ^a   Jean, N S ^a   Kramer Golinkoff, E ^a   Asch, D A ^a,b   Merchant, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Ebola; Public health; Public opinion; Social media

Indexed keywords

IMAGE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDIA ROLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOFTWARE; VIRAL DISEASE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; FEAR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL MEDIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMERGENCY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

WEST AFRICA;

EBOLA VIRUS;

AFRICA, WESTERN; EMERGENCIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84941879620     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.07.025     Document Type: Article

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