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Copyright Laboratorio de Technologías de la Informaciò y Nuevos Análisis, LATINA, de la Universidad de La Laguna 2016

Abstract

Introduction. This article examines the presence of the best-ranked Spanish hospitals in the participative Web and delves into this subject matter based on the case study of Hospital Sant Joan de Déu (Barcelona). The objective is twofold: to diagnose the general adoption of social media and to assess the use of Facebook and Twitter by one of the most prominent hospitals in Spain. Methods. The study is based on the combination of a transversal descriptive and observational study with the content analysis of the case study. Results and conclusions. Only 50% of Spanish hospitals use Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as communication channels. This percentage decreases to less than 30% for the rest of social media. The hospital under analysis acts as a health educator in its main social networks 2.0. The posts with the greatest social impact are those related to sensitive issues, as well as to individual and social solidarity projects that involve the own network of the agent in question.

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Title
Hospitales españoles en la web social. Gestión de Facebook y Twitter por el Hospital Sant Joan de Dèu (Barcelona)/Spanish hospitals in the social web. The management of Facebook and Twitter by Hospital Sant Joan de Déu (Barcelona)
Author
Costa-Sánchez, C; Túñez-López, M; Videla-Rodríguez, J J
Pages
1108-1130
Section
Cómo citar este artículo / Referencia normalizada
Publication year
2016
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Laboratorio de Technologías de la Informaciò y Nuevos Análisis, LATINA, de la Universidad de La Laguna
e-ISSN
11385820
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1844205925
Copyright
Copyright Laboratorio de Technologías de la Informaciò y Nuevos Análisis, LATINA, de la Universidad de La Laguna 2016