Comprehensive scoping review of health research using social media data.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The rising popularity of social media, since their inception around 20 years ago, has been echoed in the growth of health-related research using data derived from them. This has created a demand for literature reviews to synthesise this emerging evidence base and inform future activities. Existing reviews tend to be narrow in scope, with limited consideration of the different types of data, analytical methods and ethical issues involved. There has also been a tendency for research to be siloed within different academic communities (eg, computer science, public health), hindering knowledge translation. To address these limitations, we will undertake a comprehensive scoping review, to systematically capture the broad corpus of published, health-related research based on

SUBMITTER: Taylor J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6303712 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature