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标题：Weight Bias: Twitter as a Tool for Opening Dialogue among Broad Audiences
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作者：Emily P. Williams ; Shelly Russell-Mayhew ; Sarah Nutter 等
期刊名称：Social Networking
印刷版ISSN：2169-3285
电子版ISSN：2169-3323
出版年度：2018
卷号：07
期号：03
页码：111-125
DOI：10.4236/sn.2018.73009
语种：English
出版社：Scientific Research Publishing
摘要：Twitter is a tool for strengthening research knowledge mobilization to the general public. In this article, we highlight how Twitter can be used to open social dialogue about research related topics between users from multiple perspectives, using the topic of weight bias; a cultural issue largely perpetuated by the media. Specifically, Twitter (@UCalgary Body BS) was used by an interdisciplinary research team to under line cases of global news, stories, and policy related to weight bias and/or weight-related issues for a broad audience to consume. We position Twitter as a relevant means for 1) shaping the research lifecycle, 2) increasing community participation and engagement regarding specific research topics, 3) co-creating evolving social dialogues and critique, 4) reaching broader audiences, 5) opening up sites of debate and tension within a topic, and 6) engaging with a topic salient within our society, a topic that saturates the media—weight bias.
关键词：Twitter;Social Media;Social Networking;Weight Bias;Knowledge Mobilization;Opening Dialogue