Dental Blogs, Podcasts, and Associated Social Media: Descriptive Mapping and Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies of social media in both medicine and dentistry have largely focused on the value of social media for marketing to and communicating with patients and for clinical education. There is limited evidence of how dental clinicians contribute to and use social media to disseminate and access information relevant to clinical care.

Objective

The purpose of this study was to inventory and assess the entry, growth, sources, and content of clinically relevant social media in dentistry.

Methods

We developed an inventory of blogs, podcasts, videos, and associated social media disseminating clinical information to dentists. We assessed hosts' media activity in terms of their combinations of modalities, entry and exit dates, frequency of posting, types of content p

SUBMITTER: Melkers J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5553003 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature