Dr Lisa O'Leary l.oleary@napier.ac.uk
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Exploring nurses’ online perspectives and social networks during a global pandemic COVID‐19
O'Leary, Lisa; Erikainen, Sonja; Peltonen, Laura?Maria; Ahmed, Wasim; Thelwall, Mike; O'Connor, Siobhan
Authors
Sonja Erikainen
Laura?Maria Peltonen
Wasim Ahmed
Mike Thelwall
Siobhan O'Connor
Abstract
Objectives
Examine the online interactions, social networks, and perspectives of nursing actors on COVID-19 from conversations on Twitter to understand how the profession responded to this global pandemic.
Design
Mixed methods.
Sample
Ten-thousand five-hundred and seventy-four tweets by 2790 individuals and organizations.
Measurements
NodeXL software was used for social network analysis to produce a network visualization. The betweenness centrality algorithm identified key users who were influential in COVID-19 related conversations on Twitter. Inductive content analysis enabled exploration of tweet content. A communicative figurations framework guided the study.
Results
Nursing actors formed different social groupings, and communicated with one another across groups. Tweets covered four themes; (1) outbreak and clinical management of the infectious disease, (2) education and information sharing, (3) social, economic, and political context, and (4) working together and supporting each other.
Conclusion
In addition to spreading knowledge, nurses tried to reach out through social media to political and healthcare leaders to advocate for improvements needed to address COVID-19. However, they primarily conversed within their own professional community. Action is needed to better understand how social media is and can be used by nurses for health communication, and to improve their preparedness to be influential on social media beyond the nursing community.
Citation
O'Leary, L., Erikainen, S., Peltonen, L., Ahmed, W., Thelwall, M., & O'Connor, S. (2022). Exploring nurses’ online perspectives and social networks during a global pandemic COVID‐19. Public Health Nursing, 39(3), 586-600. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12994
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Oct 1, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 22, 2021 |
Publication Date | 2022-06 |
Deposit Date | Nov 3, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 3, 2021 |
Journal | Public Health Nursing |
Print ISSN | 0737-1209 |
Electronic ISSN | 1525-1446 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 39 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 586-600 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12994 |
Keywords | communicable diseases, coronavirus, COVID-19, infectious disease, nursing, pandemics, social media, Twitter |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2818674 |
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