Subculture-centered public health communication: A social media strategy

Ems, Lindsay; Gonzales, Amy L.

doi:10.1177/1461444815570294

Cited by 24 publications

(21 citation statements)

References 29 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Their thoughts on the material were different from those of the young people. Ems and Gonzales note that digital media can be used in health promotion 'to bridge the culturally disconnected social worlds inhabited by [target audiences] and public health practitioners' (Ems & Gonzales 2015, p. 1759. However our research suggested that sometimes those different social worlds include very different assumptions about how sexual health education should take place.…”

Section: Adult Stakeholders' Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Locked down apps versus the social media ecology: Why do young people and educators disagree on the best delivery platform for digital sexual health entertainment education?

McKee

Albury

Burgess

et al. 2018

New Media & Society

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This article reports on focus groups exploring the best way to reach young men with vulgar comedy videos that provide sexual health information. Young people reported that they found the means by which the material was presented -as a locked down app -to be problematic, and that it would better be delivered through social media platform such as YouTube. This would make it more 'spreadable'. By contrast, adult sex education stakeholders thought the material should be contained within a locked own, stand-alone app -otherwise it might be seen by children who are too young, and/or young people might misunderstand the messages. We argue that the difference in approach represented by these two sets of opinions represents a fundamental stumbling block for attempts to reach young people with digital sexual health materials, which can be understood through the prism of different cultural forms -education versus entertainment.

show abstract

Section: Adult Stakeholders' Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Locked down apps versus the social media ecology: Why do young people and educators disagree on the best delivery platform for digital sexual health entertainment education?

McKee

Albury

Burgess

et al. 2018

New Media & Society

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…To this end, the government can develop various tools for public deliberation and participation, such as media literacy campaigns and project-based learning programs. Such policy measures and educational interventions can improve the overall level of informed preparedness and agile responsiveness of the citizens in case of health risk Ems, 2016). In this regard, the government can fulfill sustainable health risk communication and management that is not only low-cost but also effective.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Collaborative accountability for sustainable public health: A Korean perspective on the effective use of ICT-based health risk communication

Lee

Park

Lee³

2019

Government Information Quarterly

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A B S T R A C TThe sustainability of public health practices requires collaboration between the government and its citizens. On the government's side, social media can provide a conduit for communicating health risk information in an effective and timely fashion, while also engaging citizens in informed decision-making. On the citizen's side, information communication technology (ICT)-based practices cannot function unless citizens recognize and act on their responsibility to actively engage with government social media platforms. Despite an increasing interest in understanding the adoption of ICT practices and e-government services for health risk communication, there remains a crucial need for a comprehensive framework to explain which factors determine citizen use of digital government resources. The purpose of this study is to investigate how to increase government accountability for motivating citizens to engage in ICT-based health risk communication, thereby attaining sustainable public health practices through collaborative governance.By integrating trust and health risk information into the e-government adoption model (GAM), this research examines factors that influence citizens' likelihood of using government social media resources. Survey data from 700 Korean citizens were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results indicated that individuals with higher social media competency are more likely to (a) seek risk information through social media and (b) perceive the government's social media sites as easy to use. Consistent with the GAM, intentions to use the government's social media sites for information and interactions appear to increase as citizens perceive more value in using them regarding information quality, ease of use, functional benefit, and security. Furthermore, perceived trust in the government's social media resources appears to function as a mediator of this process. Initial trust in the government is an important determinant of perceptions of its digital resources. Citizens who trust the government tend to evaluate new initiatives positively and are more likely to accept and make use of them.The results of this study can inform policy design and implementation by elucidating the mechanisms that determine citizens' adoption and usage of digital government services. Theoretically, this work expands the GAM to include health risk communication and adds empirical evidence to the small yet growing body of knowledge of e-government initiatives. These findings also highlight the importance of public trust in the government, as this encourages citizens to seek health risk information and assistance from the government. Overall, the data and model generated in this investigation represent an important step toward the successful and sustainable modernization of public services.

show abstract

“…Similarly, the international conglomerate IBM combined outgoing radio communications with interactive short messaging system (SMS) functionality to implement interactive risk communications surrounding Ebola in Sierra Leone (Bell, 2014). Some studies suggest that these affordances were particularly effective when targeting health communication to specific sub-groups (Ems and Gonzales 2015).…”

Section: Risk Communicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The new informatics of pandemic response: humanitarian technology, efficiency, and the subtle retreat of national agency

Wilson

Jumbert

2018

Int J Humanitarian Action

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Digital communication technologies play an increasingly prominent role in humanitarian operations and in response to international pandemics specifically. A burgeoning body of scholarship on the topic displays high expectations for such tools to increase the efficiency of pandemic response. This article reviews empirical uses of communications technology in humanitarian and pandemic response, and the 2014 Ebola response in particular, in order to propose a three-part conceptual model for the new informatics of pandemic response. This model distinguishes between the use of digital communication tools for diagnostic, risk communication, and coordination activities and highlights how the influx of novel actors and tendencies towards digital and operational convergence risks focusing humanitarian action and decision-making outside national authorities' spheres of influence in pandemic response. This risk exacerbates a fundamental tension between the humanitarian promise of new technologies and the fundamental norm that international humanitarian response should complement and give primacy to the role of national authorities when possible. The article closes with recommendations for ensuring the inclusion of roles and agency for national authorities in technology-supported communication processes for pandemic response.

show abstract

Subculture-centered public health communication: A social media strategy

Cited by 24 publications

References 29 publications

Locked down apps versus the social media ecology: Why do young people and educators disagree on the best delivery platform for digital sexual health entertainment education?

Locked down apps versus the social media ecology: Why do young people and educators disagree on the best delivery platform for digital sexual health entertainment education?

Collaborative accountability for sustainable public health: A Korean perspective on the effective use of ICT-based health risk communication

The new informatics of pandemic response: humanitarian technology, efficiency, and the subtle retreat of national agency

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About