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This pilot RCT was delivered entirely over Facebook; as such, the title of this manuscript highlights Facebook as the mode of delivery. Using the term "web-based" does not accurately reflect the use of Web 2.0 technologies. Furthermore, "social media-based" would not be appropriate, as the aim of this trial is to evaluate the efficacy of a specific social networking site (i.e., Facebook). 1a-ii...

Social media sites, including social networking sites, have captured the attention of millions of users as well as billions of dollars in investment and acquisition. To better enable a user’s access to multiple sites, portability between social media sites is required in terms of both (1) the personal profiles and friend networks and (2) a user’s content objects expressed on each site. This req...

Purpose – Given the widespread popularity of social media, such as Twitter, Facebook, Googleþ , and LinkedIn, theorizing and understanding the user attitude and usage behavior of social media site is fundamental in developing future understandings and deployment of these new technologies. One approach to such studies on drivers of social media usage behavior would be to revisit the technology a...

This is a timely piece of work given the emphasis being placed on the patient in the process of health policy formulation and service design and commissioning. Duncan et al. therefore ask a very relevant and important question about the validation of patient and service user involvement and in particular the qualification of representative groups that purport to voice the views of people with a...

AIMS A substantial challenge facing multicentre audit and research projects is timely recruitment of collaborators and their study centres. Cost-effective strategies are required and fee-free social media has previously been identified as a potential conduit. We investigated and evaluated the effectiveness of a novel multi-format social media and Internet strategy for targeted recruitment to a ...

This paper aims to provide some insights of a longitudinal case study of the adoption and use of social media technologies by the New South Wales (NSW) state emergency service (SES), with a focus on social media adoption factors. The study identifies a set of internal and external factors explaining the adoption and use of social media by the NSW SES including: the social media bandwagon effect...

The present study experimentally investigated the effect of Facebook usage on women's mood and body image, whether these effects differ from an online fashion magazine, and whether appearance comparison tendency moderates any of these effects. Female participants (N=112) were randomly assigned to spend 10min browsing their Facebook account, a magazine website, or an appearance-neutral control w...