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Published on in Vol 10 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/91024, first published .
Medical Students and Clinicians’ Perceptions of Social Media Direct-to-Consumer Advertising and Medication Requests

Medical Students and Clinicians’ Perceptions of Social Media Direct-to-Consumer Advertising and Medication Requests

Medical Students and Clinicians’ Perceptions of Social Media Direct-to-Consumer Advertising and Medication Requests

Erin Willis   1 , PhD, MPH ;   Samuel M Tham   2 , PhD ;   Janelle Applequist   3 , PhD ;   Delaney Fouts   4 , BA ;   Ayra Ali   5 , BA ;   Charles Mulkey   5 , BA ;   Natali Shaver   5 , BA

1 Advertising, Public Relations, and Design, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States

2 Department of Journalism and Media Communication, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States

3 Zimmerman School of Advertising and Mass Communication, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States

4 School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States

5 School of Medicine, University of Missouri–Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Erin Willis, PhD, MPH
  • Advertising, Public Relations, and Design, University of Colorado Boulder
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  • Email: erin.willis@colorado.edu