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Crisis Communication About the Maui Wildfires on TikTok: Content Analysis of Engagement With Maui Wildfire–Related Posts Over 1 Year

Crisis Communication About the Maui Wildfires on TikTok: Content Analysis of Engagement With Maui Wildfire–Related Posts Over 1 Year

Another examined trending Tik Tok content during the early days of the US COVID-19 pandemic, emphasizing how the platform facilitated social connection and coping through creative and relatable content during the “shelter in place” period [33]. A third study evaluated Tik Tok videos tagged with #Climate Change to assess the platform’s use in raising awareness and driving discussions on environmental issues [34].

Jim P Stimpson, Aditi Srivastava, Ketan Tamirisa, Joseph Keaweʻaimoku Kaholokula, Alexander N Ortega

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e67515

Examining BRCA Previvors’ Social Media Content Creation as a Form of Self and Community Care: Qualitative Interview Study

Examining BRCA Previvors’ Social Media Content Creation as a Form of Self and Community Care: Qualitative Interview Study

Social media and the ability to create content is a convenient and valuable tool for such purposes, and thus, researchers are exploring how social media is used by those with a BRCA genetic mutation [7,11,13].

Mariah L Wellman, Camilla M Owens, Avery E Holton, Kimberly A Kaphingst

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e67794

A Social Media Analysis of Pemphigus

A Social Media Analysis of Pemphigus

Data collection was conducted at singular date cutoff timepoints to collectively evaluate the most recent and popular social media content. Only English content related to human pemphigus was included. The exclusion criteria were posts that discussed nonhuman pemphigus, non-English content, and You Tube videos longer than 20 minutes.

Gaurav Nitin Pathak, Rithi John Chandy, Vidisha Naini, Shazli Razi, Steven R Feldman

JMIR Dermatol 2023;6:e50011

Health Literate Internet-Based Information-Seeking Processes: Theory-Based Development of a Conceptual Model

Health Literate Internet-Based Information-Seeking Processes: Theory-Based Development of a Conceptual Model

While semantic IP deals with content meaning, pragmatic IP concentrates on the adaptability to the individual’s life situation (cross-situational, depending on contextual factors of health or illness [9]). Appraisal has proven to be crucial for integrating and using processed information. In the elaborated appraisal, besides comprehensibility, reliability, and trustworthiness (quality appraisal [10]), the meaning-related (semantic) and pragmatic aspects are assumed to be essential.

Andrea Heiberger, Carolin Dresch, Anja Alexandra Schulz, Markus Antonius Wirtz

J Med Internet Res 2023;25:e39024

Prepandemic Antivaccination Websites' COVID-19 Vaccine Behavior: Content Analysis of Archived Websites

Prepandemic Antivaccination Websites' COVID-19 Vaccine Behavior: Content Analysis of Archived Websites

The instability and rapidly evolving nature of internet content have led to fears of a “digital dark age” [1]. These concerns have been compounded by increasing misinformation, “fake news,” politicized science, and notable cases of social media companies acting without transparency to suppress content [2]. Web archiving tools offer an opportunity to capture and preserve some of this content before it evaporates.

Samantha Kaplan, Megan von Isenburg, Lucy Waldrop

JMIR Form Res 2023;7:e40291

Measuring Digital Vaccine Literacy: Development and Psychometric Assessment of the Digital Vaccine Literacy Scale

Measuring Digital Vaccine Literacy: Development and Psychometric Assessment of the Digital Vaccine Literacy Scale

The DVL scale has good psychometric properties in terms of content validity, dimensionality, and convergent and discriminant validity. Results show that the scale can be easily administered with well-grounded outcomes. It is a screening instrument contributing to detect people who need to be supported in navigating vaccine-related information online. It can be used in questionnaires to identify profiles of web users who could be influenced by anti-vax movements, for instance.

Ilaria Montagni, Aude Pouymayou, Edwige Pereira, Christophe Tzourio, Stéphane Schück, Nathalie Texier, Juan Luis González-Caballero, The CONFINS Group

J Med Internet Res 2022;24(12):e39220

Twitter Trends for Celiac Disease and the Gluten-Free Diet: Cross-sectional Descriptive Analysis

Twitter Trends for Celiac Disease and the Gluten-Free Diet: Cross-sectional Descriptive Analysis

This study conducted a preliminary evaluation of the scope and nature of information available on Twitter by (1) determining who the primary contributors are who lead the conversations about CD and GFD-related topics on Twitter, as well as (2) identifying what type of information (ie, content, source, and frequency) is being disseminated by these contributors. The social media platform Twitter allows for broader access to data than other social media platforms.

Monique Germone, Casey D Wright, Royce Kimmons, Shayna Skelley Coburn

JMIR Infodemiology 2022;2(2):e37924

Identifying Profiles and Symptoms of Patients With Long COVID in France: Data Mining Infodemiology Study Based on Social Media

Identifying Profiles and Symptoms of Patients With Long COVID in France: Data Mining Infodemiology Study Based on Social Media

Counts of each PT in the total of their posted content was used to cluster users through hierarchical clustering. Users who mentioned at least 2 different symptoms’ PTs in their messages were considered (n=289). A heat map was created to clearly display the significant co-occurrences. Regarding the standard profile of a patient with long COVID, symptoms were displayed in accordance with the volume of posts mentioning them and then aggregated at the user level.

Amélia Déguilhem, Joelle Malaab, Manissa Talmatkadi, Simon Renner, Pierre Foulquié, Guy Fagherazzi, Paul Loussikian, Tom Marty, Adel Mebarki, Nathalie Texier, Stephane Schuck

JMIR Infodemiology 2022;2(2):e39849

Exploring Urological Malignancies on Pinterest: Content Analysis

Exploring Urological Malignancies on Pinterest: Content Analysis

Previous studies have reported the wide dissemination of misinformative content about urological malignancies on You Tube [4,5]. This is primarily because prior studies on the quality of social media content about urological malignancies have focused on You Tube. Urological malignancies misinformation is a concerning phenomenon that requires further analysis on other commonly used platforms. Little is known about the quality of consumer-centric content about urological malignancies on Pinterest.

Amber S Herbert, Naeemul Hassan, Rena D Malik, Stacy Loeb, Akya Myrie

JMIR Cancer 2022;8(3):e36244