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Content analysis of cancer blog posts
1School of Library and Information Science and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky, 339 Lucille Little Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0224, USA. sujinkim@uky.edu
Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA
|October 24, 2009
Summary
Neither user-defined nor software-generated tags effectively organize cancer blogs. Both methods often produced overly broad or narrow tags, hindering information retrieval for patients and providers.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Digital Health
- Cancer Communication
Background:
- Cancer blogs are increasingly used by patients, families, and providers for information.
- Effective organization of cancer blog content is crucial for reliable information retrieval.
- Current tagging methods, both user-defined and software-generated, may not adequately serve this purpose.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the effectiveness of user-defined subject tagging versus software-generated tagging for organizing cancer blog content.
- To compare the efficacy of different tagging approaches in facilitating information retrieval from cancer blogs.
Main Methods:
- Searched the blogosphere for cancer blog postings using the Technorati search engine.
- Extracted subject concepts and generated blogger-defined tags and Text Analysis Portal for Research (TAPoR) software-defined tags.
- Compared tagging efficacy using standard vocabularies like Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).
Main Results:
- Most cancer blogs (80%) were short, under 500 words.
- Software-generated tags (M=23.55) were more numerous than blogger-defined tags (M=4.49).
- Both tagging methods frequently resulted in overly broad or narrow focus, limiting search result effectiveness.
Conclusions:
- Neither user-defined nor software-generated tagging methods are currently sufficient for organizing cancer blogs effectively.
- Further research is needed to develop systematic methods for organizing cancer blog content.
- Improved organization is essential for cancer blogs to serve as stable and useful information resources.
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