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TELL ME experts at the IMED conference

amministratore — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:19:28 +0000

The TELL ME project will have a relevant exposure at the International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveilance (IMED), which will be held in Wien from October 31^st to November 3^rd.

Anat Gesser-Edelsburg (School of Public Health, University of Haifa), Roberta Villa (Zadig) and Mitali Wroczynski (BMJ) will present three posters, each one related to some of the consortium’s results: an innovative integrative framework to understand the dynamics of infectious diseases communication, a prototype of an online course for healthcare professionals, and an analysis on the power of social media in

TELL ME experts at the IMED conference

amministratore — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:19:28 +0000

The TELL ME project will have a relevant exposure at the International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveilance (IMED), which will be held in Wien from October 31^st to November 3^rd.

TELL ME experts at the IMED conference

amministratore — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:19:28 +0000

The TELL ME project will have a relevant exposure at the International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveilance (IMED), which will be held in Wien from October 31^st to November 3^rd.

A glimpse to Ebola on social media

amministratore — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 18:38:02 +0000

Concern and fear about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa quickly spread around the world. Social media are a fertile ground for similar feelings, as well as for the circulation of information, be they correct, distorted or totally wrong. But what are the main actors and topics related to Ebola on social media? In order to try to give a first answer to this question, some members of the TELL ME projects carried out an analysis focused on Twitter. Using “ebola” as the main query and English as language, the authors of the analysis collected 632,712 tweets and 17,023 hashtags between September 5

A glimpse to Ebola on social media

amministratore — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 18:38:02 +0000

A glimpse to Ebola on social media

amministratore — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 18:38:02 +0000

A glimpse to Ebola on social media

amministratore — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 18:38:02 +0000

Merits and flaws of using social media to fight Ebola

amministratore — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 08:36:02 +0000

Can social media be used as a way to prevent the spread of infectious diseases? Such a question is certainly on the agenda right now, with the Ebola outbreak currently raging in West Africa and having already claimed the life of 887 people out of 1,603 casessince this March.

This epidemic is caused by a lethal but not highly contagious virus, which does not transmit just by breathing. The only way to get it is to come in contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected people, usually through person's mucous membranes or broken skin.

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Social media

Merits and flaws of using social media to fight Ebola

amministratore — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 08:36:02 +0000

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Social media

Merits and flaws of using social media to fight Ebola

amministratore — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 08:36:02 +0000

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Social media

Merits and flaws of using social media to fight Ebola

amministratore — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 08:36:02 +0000

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Social media

Merits and flaws of using social media to fight Ebola

amministratore — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 08:36:02 +0000

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Social media

Merits and flaws of using social media to fight Ebola

amministratore — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 08:36:02 +0000

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Internet and outbreak: a qualitative study

amministratore — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 07:13:32 +0000

A group of researcher from the National Coordination Centre for Outbreak Management, Netherlands, carried out an empirical and qualitative study to evaluate the use of the web during the enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) outbreak that occurred in Germany in 2011. For one month during the outbreak, a total of 18 participants were asked to keep a diary, which was integrated with a demographic survey before the beginning of the study and a questionnaire at the end.

The results of this study, published on the Journal of medical Internet research, revealed that Internet was the most popular medium

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Internet and outbreak: a qualitative study

amministratore — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 07:13:32 +0000

The results of this study, published on the Journal of medical Internet research, revealed that Internet was the most popular medium

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Social media