Trusting social media as a source of health information: Online surveys comparing the United States, Korea, and Hong Kong

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Song, Hayeon ^a   Omori, Kikuko ^b   Kim, Jihyun ^c   Tenzek, Kelly E ^d   Hawkins, Jennifer Morey ^e   Lin, Wan Ying ^f   Kim, Yong Chan ^g   Jung, Joo Young ^h  

^a Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^h INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Consumer health information; Culture; Information sharing; Medical informatics; Social media; Trust

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERNET; KOREA; KOREAN (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; STANDARDIZATION; SUPPORT GROUP; TRUST; UNITED STATES; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; PHYSICIAN; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; PHYSICIANS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIAL MEDIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962045193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4193     Document Type: Article

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