[HTML][HTML] Weight stigma and social media: evidence and public health solutions

O Clark, MM Lee, ML Jingree, E O'Dwyer, Y Yue… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Weight stigma is a pressing issue that affects individuals across the weight distribution. The
role of social media in both alleviating and exacerbating weight bias has received growing …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the credibility and authenticity of social media content for applications in health communication: scoping review

EL Jenkins, J Ilicic, AM Barklamb… - Journal of medical Internet …, 2020 - jmir.org
Background Nutrition science is currently facing issues regarding the public's perception of
its credibility, with social media (SM) influencers increasingly becoming a key source for …

Why are consumers following social media influencers on Instagram? Exploration of consumers' motives for following influencers and the role of materialism

JA Lee, S Sudarshan, KL Sussman… - … Journal of Advertising, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the ubiquity of social media influencers (SMIs) and the clear value they hold for
marketers, little is understood about the sociopsychological motives that drive consumers to …

[HTML][HTML] TikTok as a health information source: assessment of the quality of information in diabetes-related videos

W Kong, S Song, YC Zhao, Q Zhu, L Sha - Journal of medical Internet …, 2021 - jmir.org
Background Diabetes has become one of the most prevalent chronic diseases, and many
people living with diabetes use social media to seek health information. Recently, an …

Instagram and YouTube bloggers promote it, why should I buy? How credibility and parasocial interaction influence purchase intentions

K Sokolova, H Kefi - Journal of retailing and consumer services, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays social network influencers play an important role in marketing by introducing
products to their audience. In this article, we investigate the persuasion cues related to …

[HTML][HTML] Young adults' use of different social media platforms for health information: Insights from web-based conversations

MSC Lim, A Molenaar, L Brennan, M Reid… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - jmir.org
Background Social media–delivered health promotion has demonstrated limited uptake and
effectiveness among young adults. Understanding how young adults interact with existing …

Short video apps as a health information source: an investigation of affordances, user experience and users' intention to continue the use of TikTok

S Song, YC Zhao, X Yao, Z Ba, Q Zhu - Internet Research, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose Although leveraging social media to access healthcare information is nothing new,
a boom in short video apps offers new potential for disseminating health-related information …

The web of influencers. A marketing-audience classification of (potential) social media influencers

G Ouvrein, S Pabian, D Giles, L Hudders… - Journal of Marketing …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study aims to integrate the literature on social media influencers into a framework that
classifies (potential) social media influencers and highlights their features. Previous …

# Sponsored! How the recognition of sponsoring on Instagram posts affects adolescents' brand evaluations through source evaluations

S De Jans, D Van de Sompel, M De Veirman… - Computers in Human …, 2020 - Elsevier
Through sponsored content that appears on Instagram users' feeds, advertisers aim to
increase brand awareness and induce brand liking. This study examines whether or not the …

[HTML][HTML] The use of social media as a persuasive platform to facilitate nutrition and health behavior change in young adults: web-based conversation study

VJ Friedman, CJC Wright, A Molenaar… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - jmir.org
Background Globally, suboptimal dietary choices are a leading cause of noncommunicable
diseases. Evidence for effective interventions to address these behaviors, particularly in …