Colorectal Cancer Racial Equity Post Volume, Content, and Exposure: Observational Study Using Twitter Data
This study emphasizes the critical roles played by expert and broker accounts in disseminating CRC racial equity information on social media. Despite the limited volume of equity-focused content, broker accounts were crucial in reaching otherwise unexposed audiences. Public health practitioners should focus on encouraging equity disseminators to share more actionable information, such as symptoms and screening benefits, and implement measures to amplify the reach of such content on social media. Strengthening these efforts could help bridge disparities in cancer outcomes among racially minoritized groups.
Authors
- Rumi Chunara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5346-7259)
- Drew Margolin
- Andy J. King (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2789-2550)
- Jeff Niederdeppe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7686-1526)
- Jiawei Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8389-0197)
- Chau Tong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6609-9889)
- Lea Jih-Vieira
Institutions
- Cornell University (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- Huntsman Cancer Institute (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- University of Virginia (US)
- New York University (US)
- University of Missouri (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Published
- 2025-02-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/63864
- Primary Topic
- Social Media in Health Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00