Zika-Virus-Related Photo Sharing on Pinterest and Instagram. (23rd March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fung, Isaac Chun-Hai; Blankenship, Elizabeth B.; Goff, M. Elizabeth; Mullican, Lindsay A.; Chan, Kwun Cheung; Saroha, Nitin; Duke, Carmen H.; Eremeeva, Marina E.; Fu, King-Wa; Tse, Zion Tsz Ho
• Is Part Of: Disaster medicine and public health preparedness. Volume 11:Number 6(2017:Dec.)
• Page Start: 656
• Page End: 659
• Publication Date: 2017-03-23
• Subjects: health communication, -- health education, -- social media, -- Zika virus disease; Disaster medicine -- Periodicals; Emergency management -- Planning -- Periodicals; Public health -- Periodicals; 363.34
• DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2017.23
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1935-7893

Abstract

Abstract: Objective: Pinterest (San Francisco, CA) and Instagram (Menlo Park, CA) are 2 popular photo-sharing social media platforms among young individuals. We assessed differences between Instagram and Pinterest in relaying photographic information regarding Zika virus. Specifically, we investigated whether the percentage of Zika-virus-related photos with Spanish or Portuguese texts embedded therein was higher for Instagram than for Pinterest and whether the contents of Zika-virus-related photos shared on Pinterest were different from those shared on Instagram. Methods: We retrieved and manually coded 616 Pinterest (key words: "zika" AND "virus") and 616 Instagram (hashtag: #zikavirus) photos. Results: Among the manually coded samples, 47% (290/616) of Pinterest photos and 23% (144/616) of Instagram photos were relevant to Zika virus. Words were embedded in 57% (164/290) of relevant Pinterest photos and all 144 relevant Instagram photos. Among the photos with embedded words, photos in Spanish or Portuguese were more prevalent on Instagram (77/144, 53%) than on Pinterest (14/164, 9%). There were more Zika-virus-related photos on Instagram than on Pinterest pertinent to Zika virus prevention (59/144, 41%, versus 41/290, 14%; P <0.0001), the effects of Zika virus on pregnancy (27/144, 19%, versus 32/290, 11%; P =0.04), and Zika-virus-associated deaths (4/144, 2%, versus 0/290, 0%; P =0.01). Conclusions: Pinterest and Instagram are similar platforms for Zika virus prevention communication. ( Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness . 2017;11:656–659)