Social listening: A content analysis of e-cigarette discussions on Twitter

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Cole Lewis, Heather ^a   Pugatch, Jillian ^a   Sanders, Amy ^a   Varghese, Arun ^a   Posada, Susana ^a   Yun, Christopher ^a   Schwarz, Mary ^a   Augustson, Erik ^b  

^a ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; E cigarettes; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946718495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4969     Document Type: Article

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