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Ebola on Instagram and Twitter: How health organizations address the health crisis in their social media engagement
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While both platforms were utilized by all three health organizations, the results suggest that Instagram may be a particularly useful platform for establishing meaningful, interactive communication with the publics in times of global health crises, as evidenced by significantly greater levels of engagement on the part of health organizations and thepublics.About:
This article is published in Public Relations Review.The article was published on 2017-09-01. It has received 230 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social media & Public health.read more
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Prevalence of Health Misinformation on Social Media: Systematic Review
TL;DR: Health misinformation is a health-related claim that is based on anecdotal evidence, false, or misleading owing to the lack of existing scientific knowledge as mentioned in this paper, and it is defined as a health related claim that can be classified into six principal categories: vaccines, drugs or smoking, non-communicable diseases, eating disorders, and medical treatments.
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The COVID-19 risk perception: A survey on socioeconomics and media attention
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the role of socioeconomic factors and use of social media on the risk perception about COVID-19 in Vietnam, which shares a common border with China.
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Global Infodemiology of COVID-19: Analysis of Google Web Searches and Instagram Hashtags.
TL;DR: Internet search behaviors related to COVID-19 and the circulation of infodemic monikers through two platforms—Google and Instagram—during the current global pandemic are investigated to encourage mass media regulators and health organizers to be vigilant and diminish the use and circulation of these infodemia monikers to decrease the spread of misinformation.
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Lessons for Crisis Communication on Social Media: A Systematic Review of What Research Tells the Practice
TL;DR: In this paper, explicit pieces of advice for effective social media crisis communication given by researchers in various sub-disciplines of strategic communication are analyzed, and the themes are identified b...
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Understanding consumers’ social media engagement behaviour: An examination of the moderation effect of social media context
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyse 721 survey responses using PLS-SEM to understand the various levels of engagement behaviors that are influenced by key social media contextual factors, namely media richness and content trustworthiness.
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