ECPN SESSION II: HOW DO YOU USE SOCIAL MEDIA IN PREVENTION RESEARCH

Social media provides a platform for the public to express or share information. Its emergence has largely transformed the dynamics of how people communicate by allowing the sharing of information instantaneously and interactively among individuals, groups, organizations, and governments. It is important to use social media platforms such as social networking sites (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) as sources of publicly available data, as intervention platforms, and for dissemination of research.

Co-chairs: Katrina Debnam, PhD, Johns Hopkins University and Kai Wei, MSW, University of Pittsburgh

Panel: William Frey, MSW, Columbia University and Eric Rice, PhD, University of Southern California