Ebola and the social media

Lancet. 2014 Dec 20;384(9961):2207. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62418-1. Epub 2014 Dec 19.

Authors

Isaac Chun-Hai Fung¹, Zion Tsz Ho Tse², Chi-Ngai Cheung³, Adriana S Miu³, King-Wa Fu⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30458, USA. Electronic address: cfung@georgiasouthern.edu.
² College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
³ Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁴ Journalism and Media Studies Centre, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.

PMID: 25625391
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62418-1

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Anxiety*
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / psychology*
Humans
Mass Media
Public Health
Social Media / statistics & numerical data*
United States