Study of Social Media Should Be A Crisis Discipline Because We Know Little About The Dangers

Why Some Biologists And Ecologists Think Social Media Is A Risk To Humanity by Shirin Ghaffary.  Recode/Vox.  June 26, 202l.

Stewardship Of Global Collective Behavior by Joseph B. Bak-Coleman, Mark Alfano, et al.  PNAS.  July 6, 2021.  

  

Anthropologist Seeks To Build Trust, Overcome Doubts, And Combat Misinformation About Vaccines

She Hunts Viral Rumors About Real Viruses by Jenny Anderson.  The New York Times.  October 13, 2020.   

Research: Almost Half of Accouts Tweeting About Coronavirus Are Likely Bots

Researchers:  Nearly Half Of Accounts Tweeting About Coronavirus Are Likely Bots by Bobby Allyn.  May 20, 2020.

Majority Of Anti-Vaxx Ads On Facebook Are Funded By Just Two Organizations

Majority Of Anti-Vaxx Ads On Facebook Are Funded By Just Two Organizations by Jessica Flenza.  The Guardian.  November 14, 2019.

Instagram Influencers Promote Drugs And Medical Devices

The Latest Instagram Influencer Frontier?  Medical Promotions by Suzanne Zuppello.  Vox.  February 15, 2019. 

Facebook Under Pressure To Halt Rise Of Anti-Vaccination Groups

Facebook Under Pressure To Halt Rise Of Anti-Vaccination Groups by Ed Pilkington And Jessica Glenza.  The Guardian.  February 12, 2019. 

Risks In Using Social Media To Spot Signs Of Mental distress

Risks In Using Social Media To Spot Signs Of Mental Distress by Natasha Singer.  The New York Times.  December 26, 2014.

FBI Uniform Crime Report On Police Killings Not Reliable; Most Reliable Source--Facebook Page

Reminder:  The FBI's 'Police Homicide' Count Is Wrong by Reuben Fischer-Baum.  Fivethirtyeight.com.  November 12, 2014.

Report On Trends In Healthcare Marketing Highlights Growth Of Digital

Exclusive New Research:  Healthcare Marketers Trend Report 2014 by James Chase.  Medical Marketing & Media.  June 1, 2014.

Potential and Problems With Hospital Social Media

Sharing Medical Stories:  The Blossoming Of Hospital Social Media by Natalie Duggan.  Georgia Health News.  March 17, 2014.

"According to the Georgia Hospital Association, 77 member hospitals currently have Facebook pasges and 41 have Twitter accounts."

Combination Of Social Media, Behavioral, and Community Support Strategies Improve HIV Health Behaviors

Combination of Social Media, Behavior Psychology Leads To HIV Testing, Better Health Behaviors.  Science Daily.  September 6, 2013.

(1)  The approach, according to the lead investigator, might be used to change health behaviors across a variety of diseases because it combines __________________.

(2)  Social media could be useful in HIV and STD-prevention efforts by  increasing _________________.

PTSD And The Boston Marathon Bombing

PTSD May Strike Bostonians In Bombing, Lockdown Aftermath by Liz Neporent.  ABC News.  April 23, 2013.

Among the reasons making this article worth reading is a discussion of how social media and government appeals for citizen involvement perhaps may reduced the traumatic effects of the event by giving people a sense of control and participation.

Dating Websites For Those With STD's

STD Dating Websites Are On The Rise by Natalie DiBiasio, USA TODAY.  March 28, 2013.

Sites catering to individuals infected with STD's are increasingly popular.  They eliminate awkward moments and reflect the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in the U.S.  For example, the article cites a statistic that one in four women is infected with herpes.

An Social Media Manifesto For Physicians

Doctors And Their Online Reputation by Pauline W. Chen, M.D.  Well Blog.  The New York Times.  March 21, 2013.

Discussed the work of Dr. Kevin Pho, a primary care doctor who has a blog and written a book that says that doctors need social media because that is where the patients will be.  Key quote:  "The biggest risk of social media in health care is not using it at all."

Data Mining Of Internet Search Data Provides Clues To Unforeseen Side Effects

Search Engine Data Gives Early Warning Of Drug Side Effects by Sciencenow.  Wired.  March 7, 2013.

Unreported Side Effects Of Drugs Are Found Using Internet Search Data, Study Finds by John Markoff.  The New York Times.  March 6, 2013.

This "Big Data" tool, using millions of search engine results could be a new tool to spot drug side effects that may have escaped notice in clinical trials and FDA investigations.  The FDA instituted a program in 2008 that plans to monitor drug use by as many as 100 million people in the United States.

Flu Fighting Social Media Tools

Five Social Media Tools To Fight The Flu by Bernhard Warner.  Bloomberg Businessweek.  January 16, 2013.

The tools highlighted include Google Flu Trends,  Dizie,  MappyHealth, HealthMap, and Flu Near You.  They use several techniques including analysis of search data, tweets correlated to maps, disease related chatter on tweets, scanning on news aggregators and eyewitness reports, and enlisting users to monitor local disease outbreaks.