Published on in Vol 17, No 5 (2015): May

Disease Detection or Public Opinion Reflection? Content Analysis of Tweets, Other Social Media, and Online Newspapers During the Measles Outbreak in the Netherlands in 2013

Disease Detection or Public Opinion Reflection? Content Analysis of Tweets, Other Social Media, and Online Newspapers During the Measles Outbreak in the Netherlands in 2013

Disease Detection or Public Opinion Reflection? Content Analysis of Tweets, Other Social Media, and Online Newspapers During the Measles Outbreak in the Netherlands in 2013

Liesbeth Mollema   1 , PhD ;   Irene Anhai Harmsen   1, 2 , PhD ;   Emma Broekhuizen   3 ;   Rutger Clijnk   1 ;   Hester De Melker   1 , PhD ;   Theo Paulussen   4 , PhD ;   Gerjo Kok   2 , PhD ;   Robert Ruiter   2 , PhD ;   Enny Das   3 , PhD

1 National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Center for Infectious Disease Control, Bilthoven, Netherlands

2 Maastricht University, Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht, Netherlands

3 Radboud University Nijmegen, Centre for Language Studies, Nijmegen, Netherlands

4 Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Healthy Living, Leiden, Netherlands

Corresponding Author:

  • Liesbeth Mollema, PhD
  • National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
  • Center for Infectious Disease Control
  • Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9
  • Bilthoven, 3721 MA
  • Netherlands
  • Phone: 31 302743749
  • Fax: 31 302744409
  • Email: Liesbeth.Mollema@rivm.nl