Assessment of the Utility of Social Media for Broad-Ranging Statistical Signal Detection in Pharmacovigilance: Results from the WEB-RADR Project
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DOI: 10.1007/s40264-018-0699-2
Abstract: Introduction and ObjectiveSocial media has been proposed as a possibly useful data source for pharmacovigilance signal detection. This study primarily aimed to evaluate the performance of established statistical signal detection algorithms in Twitter/Facebook for a… read more here.
Keywords: signal detection; twitter facebook; statistical signal; web radr ... See more keywords
Local chatter or international buzz? Language differences on posts about Zika research on Twitter and Facebook
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190482
Abstract: Background When the Zika virus outbreak became a global health emergency in early 2016, the scientific community responded with an increased output of Zika-related research. This upsurge in research naturally made its way into academic… read more here.
Keywords: zika related; twitter facebook; research; language ... See more keywords
Twitter and Facebook posts about COVID-19 are less likely to spread misinformation compared to other health topics
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261768
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic brought widespread attention to an “infodemic” of potential health misinformation. This claim has not been assessed based on evidence. We evaluated if health misinformation became more common during the pandemic. We gathered… read more here.
Keywords: health; credible sources; twitter facebook; misinformation ... See more keywords
The Worldwide Influence of Social Media on Cervical Spine Literature
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DOI: 10.14444/8213
Abstract: Background The Altmetric (Digital Science, Holtzbrinck Publishing) Attention Score (AAS) is an automatically calculated score that accounts for other literary influences, which include academic sources as well as nonacademically focused social media outlets such as… read more here.
Keywords: social media; twitter facebook; cervical spine; media outlets ... See more keywords