The use of social media in public health surveillance
10.5365/WPSAR.2015.6.1.019
- Author:
Fung Isaac Chun-Hai
;
Tse Zion Tsz Ho
;
Fu King-Wa
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Western Pacific Surveillance and Response
2015;6(2):3-6
- CountryWHO-WPRO
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Social media are broadly understood as a set of online activities that facilitate interpersonal communication, information sharing, collaboration or crowdsourcing among online users. They have become a global phenomenon with over two thirds of worldwide adult Internet users being active on social networking sites in 2014.