Tweeting about Diabetes and Diets: Content and Conversational Connections

Kim Holmberg; Kristina Eriksson-Backa; Stefan Ek

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-10211-5_5

Tweeting about Diabetes and Diets: Content and Conversational Connections

Kim Holmberg, Kristina Eriksson-Backa, Stefan Ek

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze 1) the semantic content of tweets discussing diabetes and diets, and 2) the conversational connections of those tweeting and those being mentioned in the tweets. The content analysis of the tweets aims at mapping what kinds of diets are mentioned in conversations about diabetes and in what context. Our data consists of 9,042 tweets containing the words “diabetes” and “diet”. The findings indicate that analyzing Twitter conversations can be an efficient way to map public opinions about diabetes and diets. The results also showed that many private persons act as diabetes advocates spreading information and news about diabetes and diets. Surveying these topics can be useful for healthcare practitioners; as these are in contact with patients with diabetes, it is important that they are aware of both the most discussed topics and the most common information sources, who are often laymen.

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Title of host publication	Safe and Secure Cities. 5th International Conference on Well-being in the Information Society, WIS 2014. Turku, Finland, August 18-20, 2014, Proceedings
Editors	Saranto Kaija, Castrén Maaret, Kuusela Tiina, Hyrynsalmi Sami, Ojala Stina
Publisher	Springer
Pages	46–56
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-10211-5
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-10210-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10211-5_5
Publication status	Published - 2014
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	conference; 2014-08-18; 2014-08-20 - Turku Duration: 18 Aug 2014 → 20 Aug 2014

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Conference	conference; 2014-08-18; 2014-08-20
Period	18/08/14 → 20/08/14

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Holmberg, K., Eriksson-Backa, K., & Ek, S. (2014). Tweeting about Diabetes and Diets: Content and Conversational Connections. In S. Kaija, C. Maaret, K. Tiina, H. Sami, & O. Stina (Eds.), Safe and Secure Cities. 5th International Conference on Well-being in the Information Society, WIS 2014. Turku, Finland, August 18-20, 2014, Proceedings (pp. 46–56). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10211-5_5

Holmberg, Kim ; Eriksson-Backa, Kristina ; Ek, Stefan. / Tweeting about Diabetes and Diets : Content and Conversational Connections. Safe and Secure Cities. 5th International Conference on Well-being in the Information Society, WIS 2014. Turku, Finland, August 18-20, 2014, Proceedings. editor / Saranto Kaija ; Castrén Maaret ; Kuusela Tiina ; Hyrynsalmi Sami ; Ojala Stina. Springer, 2014. pp. 46–56

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Holmberg, K, Eriksson-Backa, K & Ek, S 2014, Tweeting about Diabetes and Diets: Content and Conversational Connections. in S Kaija, C Maaret, K Tiina, H Sami & O Stina (eds), Safe and Secure Cities. 5th International Conference on Well-being in the Information Society, WIS 2014. Turku, Finland, August 18-20, 2014, Proceedings. Springer, pp. 46–56, conference; 2014-08-18; 2014-08-20, 18/08/14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10211-5_5

Tweeting about Diabetes and Diets: Content and Conversational Connections. / Holmberg, Kim; Eriksson-Backa, Kristina; Ek, Stefan.
Safe and Secure Cities. 5th International Conference on Well-being in the Information Society, WIS 2014. Turku, Finland, August 18-20, 2014, Proceedings. ed. / Saranto Kaija; Castrén Maaret; Kuusela Tiina; Hyrynsalmi Sami; Ojala Stina. Springer, 2014. p. 46–56.

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Holmberg K, Eriksson-Backa K, Ek S. Tweeting about Diabetes and Diets: Content and Conversational Connections. In Kaija S, Maaret C, Tiina K, Sami H, Stina O, editors, Safe and Secure Cities. 5th International Conference on Well-being in the Information Society, WIS 2014. Turku, Finland, August 18-20, 2014, Proceedings. Springer. 2014. p. 46–56 doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-10211-5_5