This piece is a research brief produced by Brian G. Smith and Staci B. Smith. Brian is a professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, & Pediatrics, & Nursing at Yale university, while Staci is a graduate student at Purdue University. Brian G. Smith clearly must know what he’s talking about, right?
The authors of this text are looking at how social media can be used as a tool to increase public health awareness in society. However, they explore how this can be limited because people who are of low-income do not necessarily have as much access to wifi, computers, phones – all of which are main drivers of social media.
Additionally, the authors bring up the idea of social media engagement and how it is effective through absorption, self-expression and representation, empowerment and interactivity.
All in all, I think that this text is very thorough. After all, it is 17 pages long, and of those 17, four are just references. However, I think that since the test is so long, it is geared toward a more academic and scholarly audience.