 Social Media
"Social Media" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Platforms that provide the ability and tools to create and publish information accessed via the INTERNET. Generally these platforms have three characteristics with content user generated, high degree of interaction between creator and viewer, and easily integrated with other sites.
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D061108
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| MeSH Number(s) |
L01.224.230.110.500.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Social Media- Social Media
- Media, Social
- Social Medium
- Mediums, Social
- Social Mediums
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Social Media" by people in this website by year, and whether "Social Media" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2016 | 9 | 1 | 10 | | 2017 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2018 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2019 | 13 | 2 | 15 | | 2020 | 19 | 5 | 24 | | 2021 | 11 | 0 | 11 | | 2022 | 14 | 0 | 14 | | 2023 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2024 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2025 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2026 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Social Media" by people in Profiles.
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Ng M, Chi Y, Cho MJ, Eichstaedt J, Reeves B, Robinson TN, Ram N. Risk Communication in Real Time: Examining Individuals' Smartphone Use During the 2021 Texas Winter Disaster With Mobile Sensing. Risk Anal. 2026 Apr; 46(4):e70235.
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Moon RY, Hwang SS, Hauck FR, Kellams AL, Shafer PR, Colvin BN, Karpman H, Carlin RF, Corwin MJ, Colson E, Parker MG. Get Social Media and Risk-Reduction Training (GET SMART) to improve infant safe sleep practices through a mobile text message-delivered video safe sleep intervention for new parents: study protocol for a type 3 hybrid implementation-effectiveness cluster randomized trial in 20 US birth hospitals. BMC Pediatr. 2026 03 11; 26(1).
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Carter-Bawa L, Ostroff JS, Rawl SM, Hirsch EA, Banerjee SC, Ciupek A, Comer RS, Kale M, Leopold KT, Monahan PO, Slaven JE, Valenzona F, Wiener RS, Vielma AG. Leveraging Social Media to Achieve Population-Level Reach of Lung Cancer Screening-Eligible Individuals: A RE-AIM Framework Perspective. J Med Internet Res. 2026 Mar 03; 28:e80281.
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Chambers LC, Giguere T, Welwean RA, Peachey AM, Wiehe SE, Aalsma MC, Ranney ML, Beaudoin FL. An evaluation of paid social media advertising and traditional advertising for addiction research recruitment. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Dec 01; 277:112923.
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Stotz SA, Palmer S, McCage S, Mumby SJ, Begay K, Garrow H, Charron-Prochownik D, Aspaas M, Charley M, Bull S, Leon JS, Gonzales K, Reed N, Brega AG. Use of Social Media to Support Gestational Diabetes Risk Reduction for American Indian and Alaska Native Females: A Qualitative Study Soliciting Perspectives From American Indian and Alaska Native Youth, Mothers, and Content Experts. Sci Diabetes Self Manag Care. 2025 Dec; 51(6):602-614.
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Jimenez-Zambrano A, Reedy J, Scherer L, Dieujuste N, Saville A, Kempe A, Dorsey B. Engaging Latinx Youth in PhotoVoice to Inform Message Development to Improve COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake. J Adolesc Health. 2026 Jan; 78(1):126-133.
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Arifi D, Resch B, Santillana M, Knoblauch S, Lautenbach S, Jaenisch T, Morales I. How politics affect pandemic forecasting: spatio-temporal early warning capabilities of different geo-social media topics in the context of state-level political leaning. Front Public Health. 2025; 13:1618347.
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Hooley GC, Magana JN, Woods JM, Sivasankar S, VonHoltz L, Schmidt AR, Chang TP, Lin M. Research Dissemination Strategies in Pediatric Emergency Care Using a Professional Twitter (X) Account: A Mixed Methods Developmental Study of a Logic Model Framework. JMIR Form Res. 2025 06 24; 9:e59481.
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Jiang JG, Agarwal T, Higgins MG, Roy MK, Adams M, Leslie SE, Baurle E, Rojas KE, Tevis SE. Identifying resource needs of patients with breast cancer by examining alignment of Reddit post content with BREAST-Q domains. Am J Surg. 2025 Sep; 247:116486.
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Gilliland K, Kilinsky A. Vaccine Hesitancy: Where Are We Now? Pediatr Ann. 2025 May; 54(5):e154-e159.
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