通过使用#MaleInfertility (#男性不孕症) 标签分析在线推特讨论男性不孕症
Adithya Balasubramanian1, Justin Yu1, Nannan Thirumavalavan2,3
1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Urology practice
|June 15, 2023
概括
在Twitter上关于男性不孕症的讨论正在显著增长. 卫生专业人员和组织是关键的影响者,利用平台分享信息并在线提供患者支持.
科学领域:
- 社交媒体分析
- 数字健康传播数字健康传播
- 男人生殖健康 男人生殖健康
背景情况:
- 用#MaleInfertility标签在推特上讨论男性不孕问题.
- 从2015年8月到2018年11月,分析了用户活动,人口统计数据和推特内容.
研究的目的:
- 量化Twitter上与男性不孕症相关的在线讨论的增长和特征.
- 在#MaleInfertility标签中识别关键影响者和内容主题.
主要方法:
- 使用Symplur,一个Twitter分析服务,跟踪月度推文和累计用户.
- 进行推特的内容分析,包括链接,媒体,转发和经常使用的术语.
- 根据地理位置,职业和组织关系对用户进行分类,以确定顶级影响者.
主要成果:
- 确定了11,325条推特和3,241名用户与#MaleInfertility有关.
- 从2015年到2018年,月度推特 (152至439条) 和用户 (95至3,241条) 的数量显著增加.
- 发现医生占最高影响者的39%,推文主要集中在在线患者支持上.
结论:
- 关于男性不孕症的Twitter讨论显示了大量和用户参与度的显著上升趋势.
- 医疗保健专业人员和组织是#MaleInfertility在线话语中的主导影响者.
- 推特作为一个不断增长的数字平台,用于传播男性不孕症信息和患者支持.
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