Undergraduates' Use of Social Media for Health Information

Kim Soojung (김수정); Sanghee Oh (오상희)

doi:10.3743/KOSIM.2012.29.4.083

Undergraduates' Use of Social Media for Health Information

Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management
Abbr : JKOSIM
2012, 29(4), pp.83~99
DOI : 10.3743/KOSIM.2012.29.4.083
Publisher : 한국정보관리학회
Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
Received : November 13, 2012
Accepted : December 9, 2012
Published : December 30, 2012

Kim Soojung ¹, Sanghee Oh ²

¹전북대학교
²Florida State University

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ABSTRACT

The present study surveyed 225 undergraduates to examine their social media use behaviors and their perceptions of usefulness, trustworthiness, and privacy of social media for seeking and sharing health information. 151 respondents reported using social media for health information while 74 reported not using it for health matters. Results show that the most popular medium were social Q&As, followed by blogs and social networking sites. Age, gender, school year, and the presence of a health problem were associated with the social media use behaviors. This study suggests the potential of social media as a desired channel for providing health information to undergraduates.

KEYWORDS

health information, social media, Internet, undergraduates, health consumer

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