Social media communication during epidemics
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Social media communication during epidemics
Using social media during epidemics
We will be assessing the way social media has been used in the past by health authorities, doctors, nurses and patients, to spread messages during epidemics. Notably, we are interested in soci
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Social media communication during epidemics
posted at 20/4/2012 9:17 AM BST
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We will be assessing the way social media has been used in the past by health authorities, doctors, nurses and patients, to spread messages during epidemics.
Notably, we are interested in social media’s role to spread reliable information to at-risk groups, but also its potential to spread misinformation. We want to explore the following areas:
We will be posting on the next few months to gauge opinion and will be working with @nhssm who conduct a few Twitter chats, a blog, and scenario exercise, to explore the answers to some of these questions and find out how social media could be used by health professionals in the future to improve communication and disemminate reliable information.
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Re: Social media communication during epidemics
posted at 22/5/2012 2:04 AM BST
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First: 23/12/2011 Last: 3/5/2013 |
I think social media is a good to way to promote ways to find information but not good ways to actually present information. I think social media in its core is actually about that. So many times people are simply posting links to curious pictures of whatever the latest justin bieber slag or funny quote instead of having the quote there on the site. Furthermore, I think social media has so much risk of being abused that it is risky that information placed on social media couldn't likewise be abused. Hence what I think social media should be used for is promotion. |
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Re: Social media communication during epidemics
posted at 27/5/2012 4:38 PM BST
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First: 27/3/2012 Last: 20/5/2013 |
There appears no effective & better way than the social media to communicate important healthcare related messages during epidemics. We have had a good result in the past using the social media as an effective way to mass communication. Psychologically people tend to follow mass or large scale media instructions. It is beyond any doubts that the social media be involved in mass communication programs. Also the social media, with help of the advanced communication methods can be able to achieve a good co-ordination between all the healthcare personalities.& help to share views of each other. The limitations may sometimes be concerned with lack of technically detailed knowledge. |
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