健康大流行与社交媒体：对一个拥有超过一百万订阅者的Telegram频道上与新冠疫情相关帖子的内容分析

Health Pandemic and Social Media: A Content Analysis of COVID-Related Posts on a Telegram Channel With More Than One Million Subscribers.

作者信息

Mehdipour Simin, Jannati Nazanin, Negarestani Mozhgan, Amirzadeh Saber, Keshvardoost Sareh, Zolala Farzaneh, Vaezipour Atiyeh, Hosseinnejad Maryam, Fatehi Farhad

机构信息

Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.

Nursing and Midwifery Department, Islamic Azad University, Kerman Branch, Iran.

出版信息

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2021 May 7;279:122-129. doi: 10.3233/SHTI210098.

DOI:10.3233/SHTI210098

PMID:33965928

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Mobile-based social media play an important role in the dissemination of information during public health emergencies.

OBJECTIVES

This study aimed to analyze the contents and trends of public messages posted on Telegram during Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

METHODS

A content analysis of the 1781 messages, posted in a public Telegram channel with more than one million subscribers performed over 9-weeks. The messages were categorized into seven categories.

RESULTS

In total, 39% (n=703) of all messages were related to COVID-19. With the official confirmation of the case of COVID-19 in Iran, the number of COVID-related massages started to rise. Overall, the most frequent messages were of joke and humor (n=292, 41.5%), followed by educational messages (n=140, 19.9%).

CONCLUSION

Our study showed that the most popular messages during first weeks of COVID pandemic were satirical, indicating that people may not had taken the risks of this pandemic seriously. It is crucial for health organizations to develop strategies for dissemination of reliable health information through social media.

摘要