Social Networks and Popular Understanding of Science and Health : Sharing Disparities /

Utilization of social media for teaching people about science and health in the 21st century may seem like an obvious strategy. However, systematic reliance on social networks to spread information may be a recipe for inequity. An increasing body of research suggests that some people are much less l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Southwell, Brian G. (Brian Glen), 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Research Triangle Park, NC : RTI Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Medizinische Informatik
Gesundheitserziehung
Neue Medien
Social media in medicine.
Medical informatics.
71.49 social processes: other.
social media.
Éducation sanitaire.
Medias sociaux.
Medecine > Informatique.
Medias sociaux en medecine.
Healthcare Disparities
Consumer Health Information
Health Education
Social Media
Health education.
Social media.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Evidence of inequality in information sharing
  • A catalogue of information-sharing behaviors
  • Who one is matters: individual-level factors that affect sharing
  • Where one is matters: community-level factors that affect sharing
  • What information matters: content-level factors that affect sharing
  • The consequences of information sharing
  • Remedies and realism.

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