Social Networks and Popular Understanding of Science and Health Sharing Disparities

Name: Social Networks and Popular Understanding of Science and Health Sharing Disparities
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ISBN: 9781421413242

ISBN-10: 1421413248

ISBN-13: 9781421413242

Edition: 2013

Authors: Brian G. Southwell

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Using social media and peer-to-peer networks to teach people about science and health may seem like an obvious strategy. Yet recent research suggests that systematic reliance on social networks may be a recipe for inequity. People are not consistently inclined to share information with others around them, and many people are constrained by factors outside of their immediate control. Ironically, the highly social nature of humankind complicates the extent to which we can live in a society united solely by electronic media.Stretching well beyond social media, this book documents disparate tendencies in the ways people learn and share information about health and science. By reviewing a wide…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 10/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 152
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.38" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English