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Category Archives: Health
Ahead in the spring: Classes and talks
This spring semester, I am teaching a new special topics class “Social Media Research,” in which graduate and undergraduate students will develop their own research projects. The deliverable for each of the research teams at the end of the semester … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Journalism, Public Relations, Research, Social Media, Teaching
Tagged Class, Conference, Expert, Google Glass, IPRRC, Journalism Interactive, Maryland, Miami, print, Reporting, research, Social Media, Social Media Professor, VCU, Web
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Symposium on Media and Health at VCU
Our new Center for Media+Health at VCU’s School of Mass Communications is running its first symposium on Nov. 15. Health and media experts will be speaking at the symposium in the VCU Student Commons. Please visit the website of the … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Public Relations, Research, Social Media
Tagged Center for Media+Health, research, Social Media Professor, symposium, VCU
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Presentations at AEJMC Conference
I am attending the AEJMC Conference this week and will do three research and teaching presentations in Washington, DC. I am presenting findings from a Wikipedia health study with my research partner Marcia DiStaso from Pennsylvania State University and will … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Journalism, Research, Social Media, Teaching
Tagged AEJMC, Conference, DC, Health, iPadJournos, IYLEP, Knight, Multimedia, research, results, Social Media Institute, Social Media Professor, study, teaching, Washington, Wikipedia
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Study published on Twitter engagement of health nonprofits
The study “140 characters towards a better health: An exploration of the Twitter engagement of leading nonprofit organizations” was published this month in the book “Social Media and Strategic Communication,” edited by Hana S. Noor Al-Deen and John Allen Hendricks. … Continue reading
New Center for Media + Health at VCU
My colleagues Dr. Yan Jin, Dr. Ernest Martin, Professor Scott Sherman and I have received a grant to start a new Center for Media + Health at VCU. The startup funding comes from the VCU Quest Innovation Fund and allows … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Public Relations, Research, Social Media, Teaching
Tagged Center for Media+Health, communication, Facebook, grant, Health, lab, Quest, Social Media, Social Media Professor, Twitter, VCU
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Social media engagement of nonprofit organizations
At the International Public Relations Research Conference last week in Miami, I presented results from two research studies that analyzed the social media engagement of nonprofit organizations: “140 characters for better health: An exploration of the Twitter engagement of leading … Continue reading
Posted in Health, International, Public Relations, Research, Social Media
Tagged Engagement, ethics, Facebook, Guidelines, IPRRC, Miami, nonprofit, organization, Page Center, Policy, research, Social Media, Social Media Professor, Twitter, YouTube
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Emerging Scholar Grant from AEJMC
My research partner Marcia DiStaso and I were recently selected as recipients for this year’s AEJMC Emerging Scholar Grants. We submitted a research proposal “Turning to the Wiki-Doctor” to examine the frequency of use of Wikipedia as a health information … Continue reading
Wikipedia health information greatly based on academic articles
Our latest study on Wikipedia explored the referencing of nutritional articles on the online encyclopedia. A content analysis of the references of nine nutritional articles over a five-year period showed that they greatly rely on academic publications. The findings of … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Research, Social Media
Tagged AEJMC, Health, Nutrition, References, Social Media, Social Media Professor, Sources, Wikipedia
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Knight News Challenge proposal: Building a mobile health news network
The Knight News Challenge has selected our grant proposal for a mobile health news network as one of 51 finalists out of the more than 1000 submissions in the first round this year. My colleague Yan Jin and I have … Continue reading