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Can T witter improve your health? An analysis of alcohol consumption guidelines on T witter
Author(s) -
Hughes Emma
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
health information and libraries journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1471-1842
pISSN - 1471-1834
DOI - 10.1111/hir.12133
Subject(s) - consumption (sociology) , health information , resource (disambiguation) , quality (philosophy) , information literacy , world wide web , computer science , health care , internet privacy , sociology , political science , social science , computer network , philosophy , epistemology , law
This article is the first in the feature to highlight the social network site T witter as a tool for health information and it reports on a study by E mma H ughes, who completed an MS c in information and library studies at A berystwyth U niversity in 2014. E mma's research investigated the quality of health information available on T witter, in particular the information available on UK alcohol consumption guidelines. Her research suggests that users searching for this information would need certain literacy skills to interpret it correctly. However, there is no doubt that T witter is an increasingly popular resource for information dissemination and health professionals, and organisations should be encouraged to use it frequently as a tool for sharing information. AM