Trusting Social Media as a Source of Health Information: Online Surveys Comparing the United States, Korea, and Hong Kong

Journal article

Open access

Peer reviewed

Hayeon Song, Kikuko Omori, Jihyun Kim, Kelly E Tenzek, Jennifer Morey Hawkins, Wan-Ying Lin, Yong-Chan Kim and Joo-Young Jung

Journal of medical Internet research, Vol.18(3), pp.e25-e25

03/01/2016

Handle:

https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12741/rep:6722

PMCID: PMC4810010

PMID: 26976273

Abstract

trust

medical informatics

information sharing

culture

consumer behavior

Original Paper

consumer health information

social media

url

https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.4193View

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Title: Trusting Social Media as a Source of Health Information: Online Surveys Comparing the United States, Korea, and Hong Kong
Creators: Hayeon Song - Gachon University
Kikuko Omori - St. Cloud State University
Jihyun Kim - Kent State University
Kelly E Tenzek - University of Buffalo
Jennifer Morey Hawkins - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Wan-Ying Lin - City University of Hong Kong
Yong-Chan Kim - Yonsei University
Joo-Young Jung - International Christian University
Academic Unit: Communication Studies Department
Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc; Toronto, Canada
Publication Details: 03/01/2016
Identifiers: 99257870575701671; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12741/rep:6722; https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.4193
Language: English