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Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1641) Mass Media/Social Media Communication and Campaigns (461)

Published on in Vol 20, No 6 (2018): June

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/10227, first published .
What People “Like”: Analysis of Social Media Strategies Used by Food Industry Brands, Lifestyle Brands, and Health Promotion Organizations on Facebook and Instagram

What People “Like”: Analysis of Social Media Strategies Used by Food Industry Brands, Lifestyle Brands, and Health Promotion Organizations on Facebook and Instagram

What People “Like”: Analysis of Social Media Strategies Used by Food Industry Brands, Lifestyle Brands, and Health Promotion Organizations on Facebook and Instagram

Authors of this article:

Karen Michelle Klassen1 Author Orcid Image ;   Emily S Borleis1 Author Orcid Image ;   Linda Brennan2 Author Orcid Image ;   Mike Reid2 Author Orcid Image ;   Tracy A McCaffrey1 Author Orcid Image ;   Megan SC Lim3 Author Orcid Image
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