Ojo, Ayotomiwa Guntuku, Sharath Chandra Zheng, Margaret Beidas, Rinad S Ranney, Megan L
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JMIR public health and surveillance
Twitter has emerged as a novel way for physicians to share ideas and advocate for policy change. #ThisIsOurLane (firearm injury) and #GetUsPPE (COVID-19) are examples of nationwide health care-led Twitter campaigns that went viral. Health care-initiated Twitter hashtags regarding major public health topics have gained national attention, but their ...
Talbot, Joey Charron, Valérie Konkle, Anne Tm
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International journal of environmental research and public health
Pregnant women face many physical and psychological changes during their pregnancy. It is known that stress, caused by many factors and life events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, can negatively impact the health of mothers and offspring. It is the first time social media, such as Twitter, are available and commonly used during a global pandemic; th...
Gao, Yankun Xie, Zidian Li, Dongmei
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JMIR public health and surveillance
Previous studies have shown that electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) users might be more vulnerable to COVID-19 infection and could develop more severe symptoms if they contract the disease owing to their impaired immune responses to viral infections. Social media platforms such as Twitter have been widely used by individuals worldwide to express th...
Oldenburg, Kristina
A range of student creations decorates Vancouver Community College Libraries. These showcase products from trade and design programs. The downtown campus library features mannequins with clothing designed and created by students in addition to display cases of student-made jewelry. We also exhibit styled wigs from students’ trades skills competitio...
Andriuzzi, Andria Michel, Géraldine
L'essor des médias sociaux a favorisé les échanges entre les internautes et les représentants des marques. Pour mieux comprendre comment cette « conversation de marque » se déroule, notre recherche mobilise la théorie du face-work et explore les perceptions ambivalentes des consommateurs vis-à-vis des pratiques linguistiques des marques. En particu...
Luo, T Li, M S Williams, D Phillippi, S Yu, Q Kantrow, S Kao, Y H Celestin, M Lin, W T Tseng, T S
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Perspectives in public health
Previous studies have shown that smoking tobacco significantly increases both incidence and mortality rates for many diseases. Social media has become one of the most influential platforms for various smoking cessation interventions. However, results from smoking cessation interventions have differed from study to study. Limited studies have summar...
Andriuzzi, Andria Michel, Géraldine
The rise of social media has resulted in brand-consumer interaction and more frequent conversations between consumers and brand representatives. To better understand how this "brand conversation" occurs, our research employs face-work theory and explores ambivalent consumer perceptions towards brand linguistic practices. Specifically, our results s...
Bryan, Mersine A Evans, Yolanda Morishita, Carlie Midamba, Nikita Moreno, Megan A
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Academic pediatrics
To determine parental perceptions of pediatrician blog posts by narrative voice. Three blog posts each on 2 topics (vaccines and sleep) were written by an established physician blogger and varied by narrative voice (personal, third person objective and mixed). Topics were chosen to be applicable to all parents. Blog posts were evaluated by a commun...
Alomari, Ebtesam Katib, Iyad Albeshri, Aiiad Mehmood, Rashid
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International journal of environmental research and public health
Today's societies are connected to a level that has never been seen before. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities of such an unprecedently connected world. As of 19 November 2020, over 56 million people have been infected with nearly 1.35 million deaths, and the numbers are growing. The state-of-the-art social media analytics for CO...
Kross, Ethan Verduyn, Philippe Sheppes, Gal Costello, Cory K Jonides, John Ybarra, Oscar
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Trends in cognitive sciences
Within a relatively short time span, social media have transformed the way humans interact, leading many to wonder what, if any, implications this interactive revolution has had for people's emotional lives. Over the past 15 years, an explosion of research has examined this issue, generating countless studies and heated debate. Although early resea...
