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Social Media and Public Health. James Garrow Philadelphia Department of Public Health. Overview. All about today Statistics Networks All about tomorrow Ephemerality Engagement Let’s get started. Statistics: the lay of the land. Facebook 71% of online Americans (85% of US is online)
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Social Media and Public Health James Garrow Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Overview • All about today • Statistics • Networks • All about tomorrow • Ephemerality • Engagement • Let’s get started
Statistics: the lay of the land • Facebook • 71% of online Americans (85% of US is online) • 63% of users check it daily • 40% check multiple times per day • Twitter • 18% of online Americans have an account • 46% of users check it daily • Huge media following, mostly mobile use
Statistics: the lay of the land • Instagram • 17% of online Americans have an account • 57% of users check it daily • Mobile only • Pinterest • 21% of online Americans have an account • 23% of users check it daily • Use HIGHLY correlated with women (4:1)
Networks: state of the art • Twitter • YouTube • Blogs
Networks: blogs http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse/
What’s Next: ephemerality • Snapchat • Whisper • YikYak • Tinder
What’s Next: engagement • Real, live, two-way conversations • The public as partners • Telling our story
What’s Next: partners This year? Babies!
Let’s Get Started • Figure out goals • Find heroes • External AND internal • Play around (in private, if necessary) • Collaborate
Thank You • Q&A • More info later: • about.me/jgarrow • @jgarrow