Ucar Taha, Culpan Meftun, Caskurlu Turhan, Karaman M İhsan, Silay Mesrur Selcuk
Department of Urology, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Int J Impot Res. 2018 Oct;30(5):249-252. doi: 10.1038/s41443-018-0058-y. Epub 2018 Aug 13.
Our objective was to elucidate the discussion points of circumcision on social media (SoMe) by looking at the Twitter activity.
Twitter searched for #circumcision hashtag via www.tweetarchivist.com , www.twitonomy.com , www.symplur.com . Total tweet numbers, most influencers, top users were documented. Tweets including female circumcision were excluded. The contents of the tweets were classified into four subgroups (medical, religious, social, and political) by two independent reviewers. All kinds of tweet activities were statistically analyzed.
A total of 9795 users generated 15,989 tweets about circumcision in a 1 month period. Mean daily tweet activity was 532 for #circumcision. The content analysis revealed that 2224 (15.8%) medical, 1133 (8.0%) religious, 323 (2.2%) social and 10,470 (74.0%) political tweets have been sent out by the users. Contributors originated from 174 countries from 6 continents. Media organizations were accounted for 52% of the top 25 influencers in circumcision hashtag. The most common hashtags accompanying #circumcision were #HIV (4.9%), #babiesgotherpes (3.3%), #muslim (1.8%), #malegenitalmutilation (1.6%) respectively.
There is an increasing discussion about circumcision through SoMe . Our results provided that the discussion points are mostly driven by the media and the activists. The political tweets have been found to be the center of the discussion. SoMe usage should be increased by medical professionals for true information of the public.
我们的目的是通过查看推特活动来阐明社交媒体上关于包皮环切术的讨论要点。
在1个月的时间里，共有9795名用户发布了15989条关于包皮环切术的推文。#包皮环切术的平均每日推文活动量为532条。内容分析显示，用户发布了2224条（15.8%）医学推文、1133条（8.0%）宗教推文、323条（2.2%）社会推文和10470条（74.0%）政治推文。贡献者来自六大洲的174个国家。媒体机构在包皮环切术标签的前25大影响者中占52%。伴随#包皮环切术出现的最常见标签分别是#艾滋病毒（4.9%）、#婴儿感染疱疹（3.3%）、#穆斯林（1.8%）、#男性生殖器切割（1.6%）。
通过社交媒体对包皮环切术的讨论日益增加。我们的结果表明，讨论要点主要由媒体和活动家推动。已发现政治推文是讨论的核心。医学专业人员应增加对社交媒体的使用，以向公众提供真实信息。
