On the Ethics of Using Social Media Data for Health Research – NLM Musings from the Mezzanine

On the Ethics of Using Social Media Data for Health Research – NLM Musings from the Mezzanine

On the Ethics of Using Social Media Data for Health Research

06/25/2019 04:00 PM EDT

Guest post by Dr. Graciela Gonzalez-Hernandez, associate professor of informatics at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Social media has grown in popularity for health-related research as it has become evident that it can be a good source of patient insights. Be it Twitter, Reddit, Instagram, Facebook, Amazon reviews or health forums, researchers … Continue reading "On the Ethics of Using Social Media Data for Health Research"