Abstract
Social media has been extensively used for the communication of health-related information and consecutively for the potential spread of medical misinformation. The aim of this study was to perform a bibliometric analysis of the current literature from Scopus database to discover the prevalent trends and topics related to communication regarding healthcare emergencies via social media. To accomplish this task, the research work has been carried in form of defending three research questions related to most impactful sources, most impactful publications and most impactful authors. The adopted methodology has been successful towards answering the research questions in the light of our collected dataset of Scopus articles.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Co-creating for Context in the Transfer and Diffusion of IT - IFIP WG 8.6 International Working Conference on Transfer and Diffusion of IT, TDIT 2022, Proceedings |
| Editors | Amany Elbanna, Shane McLoughlin, Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Brian Donnellan, David Wastell |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH |
| Pages | 277-290 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783031179679 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2022 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | IFIP WG 8.6 International Working Conference on Transfer and Diffusion of IT, TDIT 2022 - Maynooth, Ireland Duration: 15 Jun 2022 → 16 Jun 2022 |
Publication series
| Name | IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology |
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| Volume | 660 IFIP |
| ISSN (Print) | 1868-4238 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1868-422X |
Conference
| Conference | IFIP WG 8.6 International Working Conference on Transfer and Diffusion of IT, TDIT 2022 |
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| Country/Territory | Ireland |
| City | Maynooth |
| Period | 15/06/22 → 16/06/22 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2022, IFIP International Federation for Information Processing.
Keywords
- Bibliometric analysis
- Crisis communication
- Emergency communication
- Healthcare communication
- Scopus
- Social media
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Information Systems and Management