Examining the Role of Social Media in Emergency Healthcare Communication: A Bibliometric Approach

  • Keshav Dhir
  • , Prabhsimran Singh*
  • , Yogesh K. Dwivedi
  • , Sargun Sawhney
  • , Ravinder Singh Sawhney
  • *Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

1 Scopus citations

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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCo-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
EditorsAmany Elbanna, Shane McLoughlin, Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Brian Donnellan, David Wastell
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages277-290
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9783031179679
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes
EventIFIP WG 8.6 International Working Conference on Transfer and Diffusion of IT, TDIT 2022 - Maynooth, Ireland
Duration: 15 Jun 202216 Jun 2022

Publication series

NameIFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Volume660 IFIP
ISSN (Print)1868-4238
ISSN (Electronic)1868-422X

Conference

ConferenceIFIP WG 8.6 International Working Conference on Transfer and Diffusion of IT, TDIT 2022
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityMaynooth
Period15/06/2216/06/22

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, IFIP International Federation for Information Processing.

Keywords

  • Bibliometric analysis
  • Crisis communication
  • Emergency communication
  • Healthcare communication
  • Scopus
  • Social media
  • Twitter

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Information Systems and Management

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