TY - JOUR AU - Liang, Hai AU - Fung, Isaac Chun-Hai AU - Tse, Zion Tsz Ho AU - Yin, Jingjing AU - Chan, Chung-Hong AU - Pechta, Laura E. AU - Smith, Belinda J. AU - Marquez-Lameda, Rossmary D. AU - Meltzer, Martin I. AU - Lubell, Keri M. AU - Fu, King-Wa PY - 2019 DA - 2019/04/25 TI - How did Ebola information spread on twitter: broadcasting or viral spreading? JO - BMC Public Health SP - 438 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - Information and emotions towards public health issues could spread widely through online social networks. Although aggregate metrics on the volume of information diffusion are available, we know little about how information spreads on online social networks. Health information could be transmitted from one to many (i.e. broadcasting) or from a chain of individual to individual (i.e. viral spreading). The aim of this study is to examine the spreading pattern of Ebola information on Twitter and identify influential users regarding Ebola messages. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6747-8 DO - 10.1186/s12889-019-6747-8 ID - Liang2019 ER -