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Assessing Message Deployment During Public Health Emergencies Through Social Media: Empirical Test of Optimizing Content for Effective Dissemination

Assessing Message Deployment During Public Health Emergencies Through Social Media: Empirical Test of Optimizing Content for Effective Dissemination

Platforms such as Google and Meta have created user-friendly interfaces that make low-cost digital advertising accessible to almost anyone with a credit card. Many of these services offer data for users to make sense of audience engagement and select specific advertisement features.

Paola Pascual-Ferrá, Neil Alperstein, Julia Burleson, Amelia M Jamison, Ananya Bhaktaram, Sidharth Rath, Rohini Ganjoo, Satyanarayan Mohanty, Daniel J Barnett, Rajiv N Rimal

J Med Internet Res 2024;26:e50871

The Influence of Billboard-Based Tobacco Prevention Posters on Memorization, Attitudes, and Craving: Immersive Virtual Reality Study

The Influence of Billboard-Based Tobacco Prevention Posters on Memorization, Attitudes, and Craving: Immersive Virtual Reality Study

Moreover, to our knowledge, no study has combined both tobacco prevention messages and general advertising in the same environment—similar to real-life daily environments—to investigate whether being exposed to general advertising will interfere with the processing of tobacco prevention campaigns.

Solenne Bonneterre, Oulmann Zerhouni, Marilisa Boffo

J Med Internet Res 2024;26:e49344

Does Male Skin Care Content on Instagram Neglect Skin Cancer Prevention?

Does Male Skin Care Content on Instagram Neglect Skin Cancer Prevention?

Traditional advertising for male-focused skin care was mostly related to beard care, razors, and shaving products, and men historically were less likely to be receptive to targeted marketing content overall [5]. However, social media may have shifted attitudes such that influencer endorsements are now the most reliable form of outreach to both men and women [6].

Alexa Carboni, Olnita Martini, Jessica Kirk, Nathaniel A Marroquin, Corinne Ricci, Melissa Cheng, Mindy D Szeto, Kayd J Pulsipher, Robert P Dellavalle

JMIR Dermatol 2024;7:e50431

Testing Behavioral Messages to Increase Recruitment to Health Research When Embedded Within Social Media Campaigns on Twitter: Web-Based Experimental Study

Testing Behavioral Messages to Increase Recruitment to Health Research When Embedded Within Social Media Campaigns on Twitter: Web-Based Experimental Study

Some participants also suggested posting the messages on several social media platforms (16/609, 2.6%), as well as using patient or celebrity endorsement (9/609, 1.5%) or advertising an incentive (7/609, 1.1%). Themes extracted from the content analysis for each of the messages. This randomized web-based experiment examined the effectiveness of adding behavioral messages to Twitter advertisements for participant recruitment in a real-world case-control study (CLOCS).

Sandro T Stoffel, Jing Hui Law, Robert Kerrison, Hannah R Brewer, James M Flanagan, Yasemin Hirst

JMIR Form Res 2024;8:e48538

Critical Test of the Beneficial Consequences of Lifting the Ban on Direct-to-Consumer Advertising for Prescription Drugs in Italy: Experimental Exposure and Questionnaire Study

Critical Test of the Beneficial Consequences of Lifting the Ban on Direct-to-Consumer Advertising for Prescription Drugs in Italy: Experimental Exposure and Questionnaire Study

They found that more advertising leads to more requests for the advertised medicines and to more prescriptions. Indeed, if patients, after watching a prescription drug advertisement, go to the doctor and ask for this very medication to be prescribed, it is easy to imagine that the visit would end with a prescription signed [17].

Peter Johannes Schulz, Francesca Crosignani, Serena Petrocchi

J Med Internet Res 2023;25:e40616

Advertising Alternative Cancer Treatments and Approaches on Meta Social Media Platforms: Content Analysis

Advertising Alternative Cancer Treatments and Approaches on Meta Social Media Platforms: Content Analysis

While it is understood that advertising by alternative cancer providers is a source of harmful misinformation, an important area yet to be explored is how alternative cancer treatment providers utilize paid social media advertising products and tools to market their services.

Marco Zenone, Jeremy Snyder, Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon, Timothy Caulfield, May van Schalkwyk, Nason Maani

JMIR Infodemiology 2023;3:e43548

Suicide Prevention Using Google Ads: Randomized Controlled Trial Measuring Engagement

Suicide Prevention Using Google Ads: Randomized Controlled Trial Measuring Engagement

Although Google Ads may use past browsing history to present advertisements that the individual is likely to engage with, the user can erase all data Google has collected [13] or opt out of personalized advertising [14]. Furthermore, personal information, such as email, is never collected or shared without express permission [15]. Ethics approval was not required for this study as only deidentified, pre-existing data are reported in aggregate.

Sandersan Onie, Patrick Berlinquette, Sarah Holland, Nicola Livingstone, Coco Finemore, Nyree Gale, Emma Elder, George Laggis, Cassandra Heffernan, Susanne Oliver Armstrong, Adam Theobald, Natasha Josifovski, Michelle Torok, Fiona Shand, Mark Larsen

JMIR Ment Health 2023;10:e42316

Compliance With the US Food and Drug Administration’s Guidelines for Health Warning Labels and Engagement in Little Cigar and Cigarillo Content: Computer Vision Analysis of Instagram Posts

Compliance With the US Food and Drug Administration’s Guidelines for Health Warning Labels and Engagement in Little Cigar and Cigarillo Content: Computer Vision Analysis of Instagram Posts

Tobacco advertising plays an important role in shaping tobacco-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among youths [4]. A substantial body of evidence links advertising exposure with key factors that lead to youth tobacco use, such as curiosity about smoking, tobacco brand awareness, positive attitudes, and intentions to smoke [5-7].

Jiaxi Wu, Juan Manuel Origgi, Lynsie R Ranker, Aruni Bhatnagar, Rose Marie Robertson, Ziming Xuan, Derry Wijaya, Traci Hong, Jessica L Fetterman

JMIR Infodemiology 2023;3:e41969

Tobacco-Derived Nicotine Pouch Brands and Marketing Messages on Internet and Traditional Media: Content Analysis

Tobacco-Derived Nicotine Pouch Brands and Marketing Messages on Internet and Traditional Media: Content Analysis

There has been a documented shift in advertising expenditures within the smokeless tobacco product category between 2018 and 2020, with the majority of recent promotional spending on nicotine pouches as compared to conventional smokeless tobacco and snus [13]. One paper reviewed 50 pieces of direct mail advertising for 3 brands of nicotine pouch products (Velo, on!

Pamela M Ling, Mary Hrywna, Eugene M Talbot, M Jane Lewis

JMIR Form Res 2023;7:e39146

Primary Perspectives in Meme Utilization as a Digital Driver for Medical Community Engagement and Education Mobilization: Pre-Post Study

Primary Perspectives in Meme Utilization as a Digital Driver for Medical Community Engagement and Education Mobilization: Pre-Post Study

Despite the constant evolution of social media platforms, advertising, and marketing, humor has been a staple that has withstood the tests of social media evolution. The engagement that is provoked when humor is at the forefront of any message allows for reader engagement through collective laughter and relatability [8]. A meme can be best described as a photo with a witty caption. Memes are often created to be pop-culturally themed pictures with words that are either captioned or overlaid on the photo.

Darrel Wang, Neha Balapal, Amala Ankem, Saishravan Shyamsundar, Adarsh Balaji, Jasmine Kannikal, Marlie Bruno, Shuhan He, Paul Chong

JMIR Hum Factors 2023;10:e40244