ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2017
Frequencies of Private Mentions and Sharing of Mammography and Breast Cancer Terms on Facebook: A Pilot Study.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- "Clicks, likes, shares and comments" a systematic review of breast cancer screening discourse in social media.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
- Assessing the Methods, Tools, and Statistical Approaches in Google Trends Research: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Pooled it
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- More Talk, More Support? The Effects of Social Network Interaction and Social Network Evaluation on Social Support via Social Media.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
- How TikTok Is Being Used to Help Individuals Cope With Breast Cancer: Cross-sectional Content Analysis.JMIR cancer · 2022Article
- Contextualizing Engagement With Health Information on Facebook: Using the Social Media Content and Context Elicitation Method.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
- Infodemiology and Infoveillance: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Google Trends in Infodemiology and Infoveillance: Methodology Framework.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2019Article
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- Emojis and Emoticons in Health Care and Dermatology Communication: Narrative Review.JMIR dermatologyArticle
- Deciphering the Signal From the Noise: Caregivers' Information Appraisal and Credibility Assessment of Cancer-Related Information Exchanged on Social Networking Sites.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer CenterArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe most popular social networking site in the United States is Facebook, an online forum where circles of friends create, share, and interact with each other's content in a nonpublic way.
objectiveOur objectives were to understand (1) the most commonly used terms and phrases relating to breast cancer screening, (2) the most commonly shared website links that other women interacted with, and (3) the most commonly shared website links, by age groups.
methodsWe used a novel proprietary tool from Facebook to analyze all of the more than 1.7 million unique interactions (comments on stories, reshares, and emoji reactions) and stories associated with breast cancer screening keywords that were generated by more than 1.1 million unique female Facebook users over the 1 month between November 15 and December 15, 2016. We report frequency distributions of the most popular shared Web content by age group and keywords.
resultsOn average, each of 59,000 unique stories during the month was reshared 1.5 times, commented on nearly 8 times, and reacted to more than 20 times by other users. Posted stories were most often authored by women aged 45-54 years. Users shared, reshared, commented on, and reacted to website links predominantly to e-commerce sites (12,200/1.7 million, 36% of all the most popular links), celebrity news (n=8800, 26%), and major advocacy organizations (n=4900, 15%; almost all accounted for by the American Cancer Society breast cancer site).
conclusionsOn Facebook, women shared and reacted to links to commercial and informative websites regarding breast cancer and screening. This information could inform patient outreach regarding breast cancer screening, indirectly through better understanding of key issues, and directly through understanding avenues for paid messaging to women authoring and reacting to content in this space.
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