The use of social media in public health surveillance

Isaac Chun Hai Fung; Zion Tsz Ho Tse; King Wa Fu

doi:10.5365/WPSAR.2015.6.1.019

The use of social media in public health surveillance

Isaac Chun Hai Fung
, Zion Tsz Ho Tse
, King Wa Fu

Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Environmental Health Sciences

The University of Hong Kong

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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 2014.1

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3-6
Number of pages	4
Journal	Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal
Volume	6
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5365/WPSAR.2015.6.1.019
State	Published - Apr 1 2015

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