Analysis of Media Outlets on Women's Health: Thematic and Quantitative Analyses Using Twitter
Background: Media outlets influence social attitudes toward health habits. The analysis of tweets has become a tool for health researchers.Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the distribution of tweets about women's health and the interest generated among Twitter users.Met...
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| author | Miguel A. Alvarez-Mon Miguel A. Alvarez-Mon Carolina Donat-Vargas Carolina Donat-Vargas Carolina Donat-Vargas Maria Llavero-Valero Maria Llavero-Valero Alfredo Gea Melchor Alvarez-Mon Melchor Alvarez-Mon Melchor Alvarez-Mon Melchor Alvarez-Mon Miguel A. Martinez-Gonzalez Miguel A. Martinez-Gonzalez Cristina Lopez-del Burgo Cristina Lopez-del Burgo Cristina Lopez-del Burgo |
| author_facet | Miguel A. Alvarez-Mon Miguel A. Alvarez-Mon Carolina Donat-Vargas Carolina Donat-Vargas Carolina Donat-Vargas Maria Llavero-Valero Maria Llavero-Valero Alfredo Gea Melchor Alvarez-Mon Melchor Alvarez-Mon Melchor Alvarez-Mon Melchor Alvarez-Mon Miguel A. Martinez-Gonzalez Miguel A. Martinez-Gonzalez Cristina Lopez-del Burgo Cristina Lopez-del Burgo Cristina Lopez-del Burgo |
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| description | Background: Media outlets influence social attitudes toward health habits. The analysis of tweets has become a tool for health researchers.Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the distribution of tweets about women's health and the interest generated among Twitter users.Methods: We investigated tweets posted by 25 major U.S. media outlets about pre-menopausal and post-menopausal women's health between January 2009 and December 2019 as well as the retweets generated. In addition, we measured the sentiment analysis of these tweets as well as their potential dissemination.Results: A total of 376 tweets were analyzed. Pre-menopausal women's health accounted for most of the tweets (75.3%). Contraception was the main focus of the tweets, while a very limited number were related to infertility (1.4%). With regard to medical content, the effectiveness of contraceptive methods was the most frequent topic (46.2%). However, tweets related to side effects achieved the highest retweet-to-tweet ratio (70.3). The analysis of sentiments showed negative perceptions on tubal ligation.Conclusions: The U.S. media outlets analyzed are more interested in pre-menopausal than in post-menopausal women health and focused their content on contraception, while Twitter users showed greater interest in side effects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4a8c4b57b30b47c59664311335e87e3f2022-12-21T19:06:18ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652021-05-01910.3389/fpubh.2021.644284644284Analysis of Media Outlets on Women's Health: Thematic and Quantitative Analyses Using TwitterMiguel A. Alvarez-Mon0Miguel A. Alvarez-Mon1Carolina Donat-Vargas2Carolina Donat-Vargas3Carolina Donat-Vargas4Maria Llavero-Valero5Maria Llavero-Valero6Alfredo Gea7Melchor Alvarez-Mon8Melchor Alvarez-Mon9Melchor Alvarez-Mon10Melchor Alvarez-Mon11Miguel A. Martinez-Gonzalez12Miguel A. Martinez-Gonzalez13Cristina Lopez-del Burgo14Cristina Lopez-del Burgo15Cristina Lopez-del Burgo16Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid, SpainDepartment of Medicine and Medical Specialities, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Alcala, Alcalá de Henares, SpainCardiovascular and Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SwedenUnit of Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, SwedenIMDEA-Food Institute, CEI UAM+CSIC, Madrid, SpainService of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Infanta Leonor Hospital, Madrid, SpainDepartment Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, SpainDepartment Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, SpainDepartment of Medicine and Medical Specialities, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Alcala, Alcalá de Henares, SpainCenter for Biomedical Research in the Liver and Digestive Diseases Network, Madrid, SpainService of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology/Autoimmune Diseases, Príncipe de Asturias University Hospital, Alcalá de Henares, Spain0Ramón y Cajal Institute for Health Research, Madrid, SpainDepartment Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain1Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United StatesDepartment Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain2Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain3Institute for Culture and Society, University of Navarra, Pamplona, SpainBackground: Media outlets influence social attitudes toward health habits. The analysis of tweets has become a tool for health researchers.Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the distribution of tweets about women's health and the interest generated among Twitter users.Methods: We investigated tweets posted by 25 major U.S. media outlets about pre-menopausal and post-menopausal women's health between January 2009 and December 2019 as well as the retweets generated. In addition, we measured the sentiment analysis of these tweets as well as their potential dissemination.Results: A total of 376 tweets were analyzed. Pre-menopausal women's health accounted for most of the tweets (75.3%). Contraception was the main focus of the tweets, while a very limited number were related to infertility (1.4%). With regard to medical content, the effectiveness of contraceptive methods was the most frequent topic (46.2%). However, tweets related to side effects achieved the highest retweet-to-tweet ratio (70.3). The analysis of sentiments showed negative perceptions on tubal ligation.Conclusions: The U.S. media outlets analyzed are more interested in pre-menopausal than in post-menopausal women health and focused their content on contraception, while Twitter users showed greater interest in side effects.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.644284/fullhormonal contraceptionbirth controltwitterwomen's healthosteoporosisbone health |
| spellingShingle | Miguel A. Alvarez-Mon Miguel A. Alvarez-Mon Carolina Donat-Vargas Carolina Donat-Vargas Carolina Donat-Vargas Maria Llavero-Valero Maria Llavero-Valero Alfredo Gea Melchor Alvarez-Mon Melchor Alvarez-Mon Melchor Alvarez-Mon Melchor Alvarez-Mon Miguel A. Martinez-Gonzalez Miguel A. Martinez-Gonzalez Cristina Lopez-del Burgo Cristina Lopez-del Burgo Cristina Lopez-del Burgo Analysis of Media Outlets on Women's Health: Thematic and Quantitative Analyses Using Twitter Frontiers in Public Health hormonal contraception birth control women's health osteoporosis bone health |
| title | Analysis of Media Outlets on Women's Health: Thematic and Quantitative Analyses Using Twitter |
| title_full | Analysis of Media Outlets on Women's Health: Thematic and Quantitative Analyses Using Twitter |
| title_fullStr | Analysis of Media Outlets on Women's Health: Thematic and Quantitative Analyses Using Twitter |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of Media Outlets on Women's Health: Thematic and Quantitative Analyses Using Twitter |
| title_short | Analysis of Media Outlets on Women's Health: Thematic and Quantitative Analyses Using Twitter |
| title_sort | analysis of media outlets on women s health thematic and quantitative analyses using twitter |
| topic | hormonal contraception birth control women's health osteoporosis bone health |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.644284/full |
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