Social media and flu: Media Twitter accounts as agenda setters

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 91, Issue , 2016, Pages 67-73

  Yun, Gi Woong ^a   David, Morin ^b   Park, Sanghee ^a   Joa, Claire Youngnyo ^a   Labbe, Brett ^a   Lim, Jongsoo ^c   Lee, Sooyoung ^d   Hyun, Daewon ^d  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sejong University   (South Korea)

^d Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Centrality; Flu; Health information campaign; Media; Social media; Social network analysis; Twitter

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

CENTRALITY; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; MEDIA; SOCIAL MEDIA; TWITTER;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ARTICLE; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFLUENZA; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NETWORK LEARNING; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDS; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84964465096     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2016.04.009     Document Type: Article

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